Reasons for not performing LASIK in refractive surgery candidates in Yemen

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 858-864

  Bamashmus, Mahfouth ^a,b   Saleh, Mahmoud Fathi ^b,c   Abdulrahman, Mohamed ^b   Al Kershy, Najeeb ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Magrabi Eye Hospital   (Yemen)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; LASIK; Myopia; Refractive surgery; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; YEMEN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA; DEGENERATIVE MYOPIA; KERATOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957593164     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000508     Document Type: Article

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