PRK and butterfly LASEK: Prospective, randomized, contralateral eye comparison of epithelial healing and ocular discomfort

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 591-599

  Ghanem, Vinícius C ^a,d   Souza, Giselle C ^a   Souza, Denise C ^a   Viese, Juliana M Z ^b   Weber, Sarah L P ^b   Kara José, Newton ^c  

^a Sadalla Amin Ghanem Eye Hospital   (Brazil)

^b University of Joinville   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Luterano de Joinville   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPITHELIZATION; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACRIMATION; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 45249099721     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20080601-07     Document Type: Article

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