Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2383-2390 , November 2004

Combined ICRS insertion and LASIK to maximize postoperative residual bed thickness in high myopia

  • Shahzad I. Mian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corneal and Refractive Surgery Services, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
    • Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Cornea and External Disease, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Service, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Elias F. Jarade, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corneal and Refractive Surgery Services, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
    • Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Amy Scally, OD

      Affiliations

    • Corneal and Refractive Surgery Services, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
    • Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Dimitri T. Azar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dimitri T. Azar, MD, Director, Corneal and Refractive Surgery Services, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
    • Corneal and Refractive Surgery Services, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
    • Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

,Accepted 23 February 2004.

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☆ Supported by the New England Corneal Transplant Research Fund, Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, and Research to Prevent Blindness Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award, Northborough, Massachusetts, USA (Azar).

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

PII: S0886-3350(04)00313-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.069

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 11 , Pages 2383-2390 , November 2004

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