Advances in technologies for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-229

  Maldonado, Miguel J ^a   Nieto, Juan C ^b   Piñero, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aberration; Corneal ectasia; Excimer laser; LASIK; Microkeratome; Undersurface ablation of the flap; Vision correction; Wavefront

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR; STANDARD;

HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 49849095967     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.2.209     Document Type: Review

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