A 10-Year Prospective Audit of LASIK Outcomes for Myopia in 37 932 Eyes at a Single Institution in Asia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Yuen, Leonard H ^a   Chan, Wing Kwong ^a   Koh, Jane ^a   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a   Tan, Donald T ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; ETHNICITY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INDIAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; RETREATMENT; SAFETY; SINGAPORE; STRIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77952892155     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.042     Document Type: Article

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