Use of mitomycin-C for phototherapeutic keratectomy and photorefractive keratectomy surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Shah, Ravindra A ^a   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal haze; Mitomycin C; Photorefractive keratectomy; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASTIGMATISM; CONJUNCTIVAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA HAZE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ASTIGMATISM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL OPACITY; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MITOMYCIN; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954034365     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32833a8c9b     Document Type: Review

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