Comparison of corneal aberration changes after laser in situ keratomileusis performed with mechanical microkeratome and intralase femtosecond laser: 1-Year follow-up

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Buzzonetti, Luca ^a,b   Petrocelli, Gianni ^a,b   Valente, Paola ^b   Tamburrelli, Ciro ^b   Mosca, Luigi ^b   Laborante, Antonio ^a   Balestrazzi, Emilio ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

IntraLase femtosecond laser; LASIK; Mechanical microkeratome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL ABERRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXCIMER LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MICROKERATOMA; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 38549157521     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815a50bf     Document Type: Article

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