Efficacy, predictability, and safety of wavefront-guided refractive laser treatment: Metaanalysis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1465-1475

  Fares, Usama ^a   Suleman, Hanif ^a   Al Aqaba, Mouhamed Ali ^a   Otri, Ahamd Muneer ^a   Said, Dalia G ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79960580922     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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