Incidence, possible risk factors, and potential effects of an opaque bubble layer created by a femtosecond laser

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Maresky, Hillel S ^a   Bahar, Irit ^a   Rootman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 41949106580     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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