Surface quality of human corneal lenticules after femtosecond laser surgery for myopia comparing different laser parameters

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1417-1424

  Kunert, Kathleen S ^a   Blum, Marcus ^a   Duncker, Gernot I W ^b   Sietmann, Rabea ^c   Heichel, Jens ^b  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

BSCVA; Femtosecond laser; FLEx; Human; Refractive lenticule; Surface regularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL LENTICULE; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052718969     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1578-4     Document Type: Article

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