Therapeutic applications of the femtosecond laser in corneal surgery;Therapeutischer Einsatz des Femtosekundenlasers in der Hornhautchirurgie

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 453-459

  Maier, P C ^a   Birnbaum, F ^a   Reinhard, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cornea; DSAEK; femtosecond laser; lamellar leratoplasty; penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA SURGERY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY; REVIEW; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING; CORNEA; DEVICES; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; SURGERY; TRENDS;

CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER THERAPY;

EID: 77953850327     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245351     Document Type: Review

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