A prospective, contralateral comparison of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) versus thin-flap LASIK: Assessment of visual function

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 451-457

  Hatch, Bryndon B ^a   Moshirfar, Majid ^a   Ollerton, Andrew J ^a   Sikder, Shameema ^b   Mifflin, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photorefractive keratectomy; Thin flap LASIK; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; STRIA; TISSUE FLAP; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79956360422     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S18967     Document Type: Article

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