Laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) versus photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shortt, Alex J ^a   Allan, Bruce D S ^b   Evans, Jennifer R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERROMETRY; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DIPLOPIA; EYE REFRACTION; GLARE; HALO; HIGHER ORDER ABERRATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PAIN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MONOCULAR DIPLOPIA; MYOPIA; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE REFRACTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE; PACHYMETRY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTIVE STATUS AND VISION PROFILE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPY; SUBEPITHELIAL HAZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; UNCORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; EXCIMER LASER; META ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; PAIN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874812128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005135.pub3     Document Type: Review

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