Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 1139-1144 , June 2005

Temporal hinge laser in situ keratomileusis: Maximizing treatable stromal bed area

  • Kerry K. Assil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Kerry K. Assil, MD, Assil-Sinskey Eye Institute, 2232 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, California 90404, USA.
    • ,
  • Tyrone McCall, MD

,Accepted 15 October 2004.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Kitty Laughlin provided administrative assistance and geometric calculations in preparation of this manuscript.Presented in part at the Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting, Kauai, Hawaii, January 2002, 2003, and the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, and Wailea, Hawaii, USA, January, April 2003.

PII: S0886-3350(04)01235-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.10.063

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 1139-1144 , June 2005

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