Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy

Ocular Surface

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 196-206

  Ayres, Brandon D ^a,b   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal degeneration; Corneal dystrophy; Corneal scar; Corneal transplant; Excimer laser; Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK); Lattice dystrophy; Macular dystrophy; Masking agent; Mitomycin C; Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK); Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK); Refractive surgery; Reis B ckler's dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; EYE OINTMENT; GATIFLOXACIN; MITOMYCIN C; MOXIFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TROPICAMIDE;

BEDTIME DOSAGE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049181088     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70166-0     Document Type: Article

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