Safety and efficacy of PRK and LASIK in pediatric patients

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-208

  Qian, Ying ^a   Pineda, Roberto ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; EYE DROPS; FENTANYL; FLUOROMETHOLONE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; PILOCARPINE; PROPOFOL; PROXYMETACAINE; STEROID;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BRAZIL; CANADA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EGYPT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; ITALY; KERATITIS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAUDI ARABIA; STRABISMUS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449107873     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e31816923d9     Document Type: Review

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