Corneal flap assessment with Rondo microkeratome in laser in situ keratomileusis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Paschalis, Eleftherios I ^a   Aristeidou, Antonis P ^b   Foudoulakis, Nikitas C ^c   Razis, Lambros A ^a  

^a Laser Ophthalmos Eye Clinic   (Greece)

^b Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flap; LASIK; Microkeratome; Refractive; Rondo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952449125     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1433-7     Document Type: Article

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