Predictive factors of femtosecond laser flap thickness measured by online optical coherence pachymetry subtraction in sub-Bowman keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1872-1880

  Pfaeffl, Wolfgang A ^a   Kunze, Miriam ^a   Zenk, Ulrich ^a   Pfaeffl, Matthias B ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Lohmann, Chris ^a  

^a AugenVersorgungsZentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CORNEAL STROMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849124738     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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