LASIK for myopia using the zeiss visuMax femtosecond laser and MEL 80 excimer laser

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 350-356

  Blum, Marcus ^a   Kunert, Kathleen ^a   Gille, Annika ^b   Sekundo, Walter ^c  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DRY EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249129153     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090401-01     Document Type: Article

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