Comparison of outcomes of conventional WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® and Technolas® excimer lasers in myopic laser in situ keratomileusis

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1159-1168

  Han, Daphne C Y ^a   Chen, Jean ^b   Htoon, Hla Myint ^a   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conventional laser algorithm; Laser vision correction; LASIK; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84930480400     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S29660     Document Type: Article

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