Incidence of rainbow glare after laser in situ keratomileusis flap creation with a 60 kHz femtosecond laser

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1082-1086

  Bamba, Sonya ^a   Rocha, Karolinne M ^a   Ramos Esteban, Jerome C ^a   Krueger, Ronald R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW GLARE; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL STROMA; GLARE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 67049146822     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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