Thin-flap (sub-Bowman keratomileusis) versus thick-flap laser in situ keratomileusis for moderate to high myopia: Case-control analysis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2073-2078

  Azar, Dimitri T ^a   Ghanem, Ramon C ^a   de la Cruz, Jose ^a   Hallak, Joelle A ^a   Kojima, Takashi ^a   Al Tobaigy, Faisal M ^a   Jain, Sandeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 56549130064     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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