Intrastromal correction of presbyopia using a femtosecond laser system

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 847-854

  Ruiz, Luis Antonio ^a   Cepeda, Liliana Marcela ^a   Fuentes, Vanessa Carolina ^a  

^a Centro Oftalmológico Colombiano   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL STROMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 73149121936     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090917-05     Document Type: Article

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