Long-term refractive outcomes and stability after excimer laser surgery for myopia

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1709-1717

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a   Couper, Terry ^a,b   Yau, Joanne ^a,c   Ang, Eng K ^a   Islam, F M Amirul ^a,d   Snibson, Grant R ^a,b,c   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,c   Baird, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Excimer Laser Group   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EYE REFRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77957821763     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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