Incidence, outcomes, and risk factors for retreatment after wavefront-optimized ablations with PRK and LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-276

  Randleman, J Bradley ^a,b,d   White Jr , Alfred J ^a   Lynn, Michael J ^c   Hu, Michelle H ^a   Stulting, R Doyle ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; EYE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERMETROPIA; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 63449095405     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20090301-06     Document Type: Article

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