Outcomes of PermaVision Intracorneal Implants for the Correction of Hyperopia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 973-977

  Verity, Steven M ^a   McCulley, James P ^a   Bowman, R Wayne ^a   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a   Petroll, W Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67349247526     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.031     Document Type: Article

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