PRK
Subtitle: past, present, and future
By: Lucio Buratto, Stephen G. Slade
Contributors: Slade, Stephen, 1953-
Publisher: SLACK
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thorofare, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781617110436
Subjects: Laser In Situ Keratomileusis; Methods; Photorefractive Keratectomy; LASIK (Eye surgery); Laser surgery; Cornea; Surgery
Other titles: Photorefractive keratectomy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The corneal surface; title: Optical and mechanical properties of the cornea; title: Photorefractive keratectomy; title: Photorefractive keratectomy enhancement following previous radial keratotomy and LASIK; title: Smoothing in refractive surgery; title: How to perform custom ablation; title: Corneal biomechanical effects of surface ablation compared with laser in situ keratomileusis using microkeratome or femtosecond laser; title: The Athens protocol : PRK and CXL; title: Surface ablation (PRK) to enhance previous LASIK; title: Preoperative evaluation of patients prior to PRK.