Overview of commercially available femtosecond lasers in refractive surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lubatschowski, Holger ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OSCILLATOR; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SAFETY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 38349120484     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20080101-18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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