Refractive surgery for children: Excimer laser, phakic intraocular lens, and clear lens extraction

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Tychsen, Lawrence ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Binocularity; Excimer laser; Intraocular lens; Pathologic myopia; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROMETHOLONE; MITOMYCIN;

ADVANCED SURFACE ABLATION; AMBLYOPIA; AMETROPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CLEAR LENS EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENS; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; EYE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MYOPIA; PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENSES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49849100716     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e328302cc89     Document Type: Review

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