LASIK for myopia with aspheric "aberration neutral" ablations using the ESIRIS laser system

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 991-999

  Arbelaez, Maria Clara ^a   Vidal, Camila ^a   Al Jabri, Bushra ^a   Arba Mosquera, Samuel ^b,c  

^a Muscat Eye Laser Center   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c SCHWIND eye tech solutions   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 73249150939     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20091016-04     Document Type: Article

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