Visual and refractive outcomes following myopic laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy with a flying-spot excimer laser

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 901-906

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABERROMETRY; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXCIMER LASER; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; KERATOMETRY; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABERROMETRY; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955053790     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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