Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) versus laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for hyperopia correction

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Settas, George ^a   Settas, C ^b   Minos, E ^c   Yeung, Ian Y L ^d  

^a Optimax plc   (United Kingdom)

^b Fitzwilliam Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^d QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL ECTASIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; EMBASE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCISEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRABISMUS; SUBEPITHELIAL HAZE; THERAPY EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70349093171     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007112.pub2     Document Type: Review

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