One-year outcomes of a bilateral randomised prospective clinical trial comparing PRK with mitomycin C and LASIK

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1634-1638

  Wallau, A D ^a   Campos, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; DEXAMETHASONE; MITOMYCIN C; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; MYOPIA; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449162067     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.152579     Document Type: Article

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