Current trends in advanced surface ablation

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-334

  Trattler, William B ^a   Barnes, Scott D ^b  

^a Center for Excellence in Eye Care Florida   (United States)

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced techniques; LASIK; PRK; Surface ablation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; BROMFENAC; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; GABAPENTIN; KETOROLAC; MITOMYCIN C; NEPAFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PREDNISONE; PREGABALIN; PROXYMETACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADVANCED SURFACE ABLATION; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMECHANICS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA HAZE; DRY EYE; DYSTROPHY; EPITHELIAL BASEMENT MEMBRANE DYSTROPHY; EPITHELIUM; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCAR; STROMA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MYOPIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49849106839     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283034210     Document Type: Review

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