Stability of the posterior corneal surface after laser surface ablation for myopia

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1019-1022

  Sun, Hae Jung ^a   Park, Jong Woon ^b   Kim, Sun Woong ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

LASEK; Laser surface ablation; Posterior corneal surface; PRK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349730263     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a06f1e     Document Type: Article

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