Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 958-961 , June 2006

Visual and refractive results of combined PTK/PRK in patients with corneal surface disease and refractive errors

  • Gerald W. Zaidman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gerald W. Zaidman, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Macy Building - Room 1100, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595.
    • ,
  • Albert Hong

,Accepted 28 November 2005.

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 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, April 2003; and the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2003.Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00226-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.11.046

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 958-961 , June 2006

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