Complications of LASIK flaps made by the intralase 15- and 30-kHz femtosecond lasers

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 979-984

  Haft, Payman ^a   Yoo, Sonia H ^a   Kymionis, George D ^a,b   Ide, Takeshi ^a   O'Brien, Terrence P ^a   Culbertson, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CORNEA INJURY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT SENSITIVITY SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 73249120338     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20091016-02     Document Type: Article

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