Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 1493-1501 , August 2005

Wavefront-guided laser in situ keratomileusis using the WaveScan system for correction of low to moderate myopia with astigmatism: 6-month results in 277 eyes

  • Nada S. Jabbur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Nada S. Jabbur, MD, The Wilmer Eye Institute at Greenspring, 10755 Falls Road, Suite 110, Lutherville, Maryland 21093, USA.
    • ,
  • Colman Kraff, MD
    • ,
  • for the Visx Wavefront Study Group

,Accepted 13 December 2004.

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 The authors are clinical investigators for Visx, Inc.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00069-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.12.050

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 1493-1501 , August 2005

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