Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 1320-1325 , June 2004

Retrospective analysis of actual LASIK flap diameter compared with microkeratome ring size performed by different surgeons

  • Ori Mahler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ori Mahler, MD, or Howard V. Gimbel, MD, Gimbel Eye Centre, 450, 4935-40 Avenue, NW, Calgary, Alberta T3A 2N1, Canada.
    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Sandra J Sofinski, MD,JD

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Howard V Gimbel, MD,MPH

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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  • Jacinthe Kassab, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Ellen E.Anderson Penno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • John A van Westenbrugge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

,Accepted 15 October 2003.

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☆ Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, Refractive and IOL Surgery, April 2003, San Francisco, California, USA.

☆☆ The authors have no propriety or financial interest in the medical products or devices mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(03)01105-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.10.030

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 1320-1325 , June 2004

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