Alternative applications of the femtosecond laser in ophthalmology

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 256-264

  Kullman, Ginny ^a   Pineda II, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

femtosecond laser assisted anterior lamellar keratoplasty (FALK); Femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEx); FS laser assisted keratoplasty (FLAK); FS laser assisted posterior lamellar keratoplasty; INTACS; IntraLase enabled keratoplasty (IEK)

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ASTIGMATIC KERATOTOMY INCISIONAL SURGERY; ASTIGMATISM; BLINDNESS; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLAGEN CROSS LINKAGE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CORNEAL TATTOOING; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXTRACTION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; NOMOGRAM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 78649366724     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2010.518507     Document Type: Review

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