Femtosecond laser-assisted superficial lamellar keratectomy for the treatment of superficial corneal leukomas

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,b   Agdeppa, Ma Cecilia C ^a   Uceda Montanes, Antonio ^c,d  

^a Instituto Oftalmológico Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^d FAICO   (Spain)

Author keywords

corneal leukomas; femtosecond laser; masking substance; superficial lamellar keratectomy

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ABERROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LEUKOMA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEAL HAZE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED SUPERFICIAL LAMELLAR KERATECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951775350     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181eeb0c1     Document Type: Article

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