Photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of residual refractive error with Intacs intrastromal corneal ring segments in place

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 909-915

  Tan, Bryan U ^a   Purcell, Tracy L ^a   Nalgirkar, Aniruddha ^a   Ehrenhaus, Michael P ^a   Torres, Luis F ^a   Schanzlin, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 43749090589     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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