Effects of altered corneal stiffness on native and postoperative LASIK corneal biomechanical behavior: A whole-eye finite element analysis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 875-887

  Roy, Abhijit Sinha ^a   Dupps Jr , William J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA RIGIDITY; CORNEA STIFFNESS; CORNEA THICKNESS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 73149107478     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090917-09     Document Type: Article

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