Corneal ablation with new 193 nm solid-state laser. Preliminary experiments

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1019-1023

  Nakagawa, Tomoya ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Cekic, Osman ^a   Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a   Murakami, Atsutoshi ^a   Yoshimura, Masashi ^a   Mori, Yusuke ^a   Sasaki, Takamoto ^a   Kitano, Hiroshi ^a   Owa, Soichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; FLUORIDE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA SURGERY; DIODE LASER; EXCIMER LASER; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE;

EID: 43849111190     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.02.034     Document Type: Article

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