LASIK flap creation with the ziemer femtosecond laser in 787 consecutive eyes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-16

  Pietilä, Juhani ^a   Huhtala, Anne ^a   Jääskeläinen, Markus ^a   Jylli, Jarmo ^a   Mäkinen, Petri ^a   Uusitalo, Hannu ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CORNEA THICKNESS; EQUIPMENT; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949095502     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20101215-02     Document Type: Article

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