A prospective randomized comparison of four femtosecond LASIK flap thicknesses

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 392-402

  Prakash, Gaurav ^a   Agarwal, Amar ^a   Yadav, Anil ^a   Jacob, Soosan ^a   Kumar, Dhivya Ashok ^a   Agarwal, Athiya ^a   Akhtar, Raheel ^a  

^a Dr Agarwal Eye Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED LASIK FLAP; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; SEX RATIO; STROMA; THICKNESS; TISSUE FLAP; VISUAL ACUITY; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; KERATOMETRY; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THERAPEUTIC USE; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954379519     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090728-02     Document Type: Article

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