Wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) versus wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy (PRK): A prospective randomized eye-to-eye comparison

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 109, Issue , 2011, Pages 201-220

  Manche, Edward E ^a   Haw, Weldon W ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE FLAP COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; WAVEFRONT GUIDED LASER IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84856182009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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