Laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy (LASEK) versus photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for correction of myopia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Li, Shi Ming ^a   Zhan, Siyan ^b   Li, Si Yuan ^a   Peng, Xiao Xia ^c   Hu, Jing ^b   Law, Hua Andrew ^d   Wang, Ning Li ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNEAL HAZE SCORE; EYE DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; META ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84969944619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009799.pub2     Document Type: Review

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