Comparison of laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy results: Long-term follow-up

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1527-1531

  Miyai, Takashi ^a   Miyata, Kazunori ^a   Nejima, Ryohei ^a   Honbo, Masato ^a   Minami, Keiichiro ^a   Amano, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EPITHELIZATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBEPITHELIAL HAZE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49449090797     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.04.038     Document Type: Article

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