Cataractogenesis after repeat laser in situ keratomileusis

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-265

  Mansour, Ahmad M ^a,b   Ghabra, Marwan ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^c Dar Oyoun Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataractogenesis; Excimer laser; Oxidative stress; Photorefractive keratectomy; Refractive surgery complication; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRESS; EMMETROPIA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; LENS; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84866651958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342134     Document Type: Article

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