Decision assistant wizard to standardize optimal outcomes in excimer laser refractive corneal surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 980-990

  Arbelaez, Maria Clara ^a   Ewering, Tobias ^b   Mosquera, Samuel Arba ^b,c  

^a Muscat Eye Laser Centre   (Oman)

^b SCHWIND eye tech solutions   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA SURGERY; DECISION ASSISTANT WIZARD; DECISION TREE; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABERROMETRY; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650211954     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100212-12     Document Type: Article

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