Evaluation of the efficacy of the Allegretto Wave and the Wavefront-optimized ablation profile in non-anterior astigmatisms

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Labiris, Georgios ^a,b   Gatzioufas, Zisis ^b   Giarmoukakis, Athanassios ^b   Sideroudi, Haris ^b   Kozobolis, Vassilios ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Eye Institute of Thrace   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allegretto; laser in situ keratomileusis; non anterior astigmatism; photorefractive keratectomy; refractive; wavefront optimized

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; OFLOXACIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ALLEGRETTO WAVE ABLATION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRECTION INDEX; DIFFERENCE VECTOR; HUMAN; INDEX OF SUCCESS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULAR RESIDUAL ASTIGMATISM; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WAVEFRONT OPTIMIZED ABLATION;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865699577     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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