Biomechanical corneal changes induced by different flap thickness created by femtosecond laser

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1067-1071

  Medeiros, Fabricio W ^a   Sinha Roy, Abhijit ^b   Alves, Milton R ^a   Dupps Jr , William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Ectasia; Femtosecond laser; Flaps; LASIK

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA STROMA; EVALUATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79961162723     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000600025     Document Type: Article

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