Excimer laser correction of moderate to high astigmatism with a non-wavefront-guided aberration-free ablation profile: Six-month results

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1789-1798

  Arbelaez, Maria Clara ^a   Vidal, Camila ^a   Arba Mosquera, Samuel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349582564     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.05.035     Document Type: Article

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