Comparison of higher order aberrations after LASIK and LASEK for myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  McAlinden, Colm ^a,b   Moore, Jonathan E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cathedral Eye Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LIQUIDFILM; OFLOXACIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POVIDONE IODINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROXYMETACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HIGHER ORDER ABERRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949087382     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20101215-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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