Effect of repositioning or discarding the epithelial flap in laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy and epithelial laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1832-1846

  Taneri, Suphi ^a   Oehler, Saskia ^a   Koch, Jörg ^a   Azar, Dimitri ^b  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; DEBRIDEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052977467     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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