One-year results of photorefractive keratectomy with and without surface smoothing using the Technolas 217C laser

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 444-449

  Serrao, Sebastiano ^a,b,c   Lombardo, Marco ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4644308084     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040901-06     Document Type: Article

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