Long-term safety and efficacy follow-up of prophylactic higher fluence collagen cross-linking in high myopic laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1125-1130

  Kanellopoulos, Anastasios John ^a,b  

^a Laservisiongr Institute   (Greece)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk; Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis; Post LASIK ectasia; Prophylactic collagen cross linking

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS LINKING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; REFRACTION ERROR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84930486331     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S31256     Document Type: Article

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