Precision, morphology, and histology of corneal flap cuts using a 200-kHz femtosecond laser

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-167

  Khoramnia, Ramin ^a,b   Salgado, Josefina P ^c   Lohmann, Chris P ^b   Kobuch, Karin A ^b   von Mohrenfels, Christoph Winkler ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Femtosecond laser; Flap dimensions; LASIK; Ultraflap

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL STROMA; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; ORGAN SIZE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWINE;

EID: 84862676156     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2011.8376     Document Type: Article

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