Surface quality of porcine corneal lenticules after femtosecond lenticule extraction

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Heichel, Jens ^a   Blum, Marcus ^b   Duncker, Gernot I W ^a   Sietmann, Rabea ^c   Kunert, Kathleen S ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Lenticule extraction; Porcine corneal lenticules

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA LENTICULE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LENTICULE EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWINE;

EID: 79751527489     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323814     Document Type: Article

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