Laser epithelial keratomileusis in 2010 - a review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-191

  O'Keefe, Michael ^a   Kirwan, Caitriona ^a  

^a MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cornea; LASEK; PRK

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MITOMYCIN C;

APOPTOSIS; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRY EYE; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU;

EID: 77952065092     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02198.x     Document Type: Review

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