The 25th anniversary of excimer lasers in refractive surgery: Historical review

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 749-760

  Krueger, Ronald R ^a   Rabinowitz, Yaron S ^b   Binder, Perry S ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTIGMATISM; BLINDNESS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 78449242318     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100921-01     Document Type: Review

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