Corneal flap thickness with the Moria M2™ microkeratome and Med-Logics calibrated LASIK blades

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 754-758

  Pietilä, Juhani ^a,b   Huhtala, Anne ^a,b   Mäkinen, Petri ^a,b   Seppänen, Matti ^a,b,c   Jääskeläinen, Markus ^a,b   Uusitalo, Hannu ^a,b,c,d  

^a Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calibrated blade; Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis; LASIK; Microkeratome; Single use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROKERATOMA; MYOPIA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HYPEROPIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEAL STROMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349087283     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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