Outcomes of epi-LASIK for the correction of high myopia and myopic astigmatism after more than 1 year

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-110

  Gan, Dekang ^a   Zhou, Xingtao ^a   Dai, Jinhui ^a   Qu, Xiaomei ^a   Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Zhou, Hao ^a   Wang, Xiaoying ^a   Chu, Renyuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Epi LASIK; High myopia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; EPIKERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NIGHT VISION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049164253     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000180118     Document Type: Article

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