Evaluation of femtosecond laser clear corneal incision: An experimental study

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 418-424

  Serrao, Sebastiano ^a   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^b,c   Ducoli, Pietro ^a   Rosati, Marianna ^a   Lombardo, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c Vision Engineering Italy Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA TOPOGRAPHER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84878664129     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20130430-01     Document Type: Article

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