Corneal Inflammation Following Corneal Photoablative Refractive Surgery With Excimer Laser

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-25

  Alio, Jorge L ^a,b   Javaloy, Jaime ^a,b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corneal inflammation; Excimer laser; LASIK; PRK; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTOXIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MITOMYCIN C; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

BEDTIME DOSAGE; CENTRAL TOXIC KERATOPATHY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL PHOTOABLATIVE REFRACTIVE SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXCIMER LASER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FLAP; TRANSIENT LIGHT SENSITIVITY SYNDROME; WOUND HEALING;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; CORNEAL KERATOCYTES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOMYCIN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84870771734     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.04.005     Document Type: Review

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