Clinical outcomes of corneal vertex versus central pupil references with aberration-free ablation strategies and LASIK

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5287-5294

  Arbelaez, Maria Clara ^a   Vidal, Camila ^a   Arba Mosquera, Samuel ^b  

^a Muscat Eye Laser Center   (Oman)

^b SCHWIND eye tech solutions   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; KERATOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149243061     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2176     Document Type: Article

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