Central ablation depth and postoperative refraction in excimer laser myopic correction measured with ultrasound, scheimpflug, and optical coherence pachymetry

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 699-708

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

^a Muscat Eye Laser Center   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c SCHWIND eye tech solutions   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CAMERA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; ULTRASOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70449732765     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090707-04     Document Type: Article

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