A Prospective, Contralateral Eye Study Comparing Thin-Flap LASIK (Sub-Bowman Keratomileusis) with Photorefractive Keratectomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1082

  Slade, Stephen G ^a   Durrie, Daniel S ^b   Binder, Perry S ^c  

^a Slade and Baker Vision Center   (United States)

^b Durrie Vision   (United States)

^c The Gordon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA IMAGE; SPECTACLES; THIN FLAP KERATOMILEUSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049102513     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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