Laser in situ keratomileusis in 2010 - a review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-210

  Sutton, Gerard L ^a,b,c   Kim, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Femtosecond laser; Laser in situ keratomileusis; LASIK; Microkeratome; Wavefront guided

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; AZITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; METRONIDAZOLE; RETINOL; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ABRASION; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; BLEPHARITIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEAL ECTASIA; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; DRY EYE; EXCIMER LASER; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER;

EID: 77952075499     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02227.x     Document Type: Review

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