Comparison of clinical outcomes between 'On-Flap' and 'Off-Flap' Epi-LASIK for myopia: A meta-analysis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-54

  Feng, Yi Fan ^a   Chen, Shi Hao ^a   Stojanovic, Aleksandar ^b   Wang, Qin Mei ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epi LASIK; Flap; Meta analysis; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; META ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REFRACTION INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055191017     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331280     Document Type: Article

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