Femtosecond (FS) laser vision correction procedure for moderate to high myopia: A prospective study of ReLEx® flex and comparison with a retrospective study of FS-laser in situ keratomileusis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-362

  Vestergaard, Anders ^a,b   Ivarsen, Anders ^a   Asp, Sven ^a   Hjortdal, Jesper Ø ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

corneal higher order aberrations; excimer laser; femtosecond laser; lenticule extraction; myopia, refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORNEA SURGERY; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LENTICULE EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878471126     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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