Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 1418-1424 , July 2004

Corneal aberrations after astigmatic keratotomy combined with laser in situ keratomileusis

  • Robert Montés-Micó, OD,MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robert Montés-Micó, OD, MPhil, Research, Development and Innovation Department, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avenida Denia 111, 03015 Alicante, Spain.
    • Research, Development and Innovation Department, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, School of Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Valencia, Spain
    • Alicante, and the Refractive Surgery Unit, NISA Hospital Virgen del Consuelo, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Gonzalo Muñoz, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research, Development and Innovation Department, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, School of Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Valencia, Spain
    • Alicante, and the Refractive Surgery Unit, NISA Hospital Virgen del Consuelo, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • César Albarrán-Diego

      Affiliations

    • Alicante, and the Refractive Surgery Unit, NISA Hospital Virgen del Consuelo, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Antonio Rodrı́guez-Galietero, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • Alicante, and the Refractive Surgery Unit, NISA Hospital Virgen del Consuelo, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Jorge L Alió, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research, Development and Innovation Department, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, School of Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Valencia, Spain

,Accepted 13 November 2003.

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☆ None of the authors has a proprietary or financial interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00016-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.057

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 1418-1424 , July 2004

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