Quality of vision after myopic and hyperopic laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1097-1100

  McAlinden, Colm ^a   Skiadaresi, Eirini ^c   Pesudovs, Konrad ^d   Moore, Jonathan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF VISION QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951930508     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.061     Document Type: Article

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