Wavefront ablation profiles in refractive surgery: Description, results, and limitations

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-232

  Smadja, David ^a   Reggiani Mello, Glauco ^a   Santhiago, Marcony R ^a   Krueger, Ronald R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERROMETRY; ABLATION THERAPY; ALGORITHM; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; EXCIMER LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857843429     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20120217-01     Document Type: Review

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