Laser refractive surgery in the United States Navy

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-324

  Stanley, Philip F ^a   Tanzer, David J ^b   Schallhorn, Steven C ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Advanced surface ablation; Contrast sensitivity; Femtosecond; LASIK; Photorefractive keratectomy; Sub Bowmans keratomileusis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROMETHOLONE; STEROID; TETRACAINE;

ADVANCED SURFACE ABLATION; AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL HAZE; COSMONAUT; COST CONTROL; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; NAVY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SUB BOWMAN KERATOMILEUSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VISION; EYE REFRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849094200     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283009ee3     Document Type: Review

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