Comparison of the femtosecond laser and mechanical keratome for laser in situ keratomileusis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1484-1490

  Chan, Annie ^a   Ou, Judy ^a   Manche, Edward E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 55949101545     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.11.1484     Document Type: Article

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