In vivo application and imaging of intralenticular femtosecond laser pulses for the restoration of accommodation

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 991-995

  Schumacher, Silvia ^a   Fromm, Michael ^a   Oberheide, Uwe ^b   Gerten, Georg ^b   Wegener, Alfred ^c   Lubatschowski, Holger ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b Laserforum eV   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMTOSECOND LENTOTOMY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; LASER SURGERY; LENS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56249141120     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20081101-24     Document Type: Article

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