LASIK flap thickness profile and reproducibility of the standard vs zero compression Hansatome microkeratomes: Three-dimensional display with artemis VHF digital ultrasound

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 417-426

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Gobbe, Marine ^a  

^a LONDON VISION CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CASE STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PACHOMETRY; PACHYMETRIC TOPOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FLAP; TOPOGRAPHY; VACUUM; ZERO COMPRESSION HANSATOME MICROKERATOME;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960167573     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20101110-01     Document Type: Article

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