Femtosecond lasers for LASIK flap creation: A report by the American academy of ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2013, Pages e5-

  Farjo, Ayad A ^a   Sugar, Alan ^b   Schallhorn, Steven C ^c,e   Majmudar, Parag A ^d   Tanzer, David J ^e   Trattler, William B ^f   Cason, John B ^g   Donaldson, Kendall E ^h   Kymionis, George D ⁱ  

^a Brighton Vision Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Chicago Cornea Research Center   (United States)

^e Gordon Weiss Schanzlin Vision Institute   (United States)

^f Center for Excellence in Eye Care Florida   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; GLARE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MICROKERATOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84875226060     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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