Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1415-1419 , September 2006

Femtosecond-laser arcuate wedge-shaped resection to correct high residual astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty

  • Ramon C. Ghanem, MD
    • ,
  • Dimitri T. Azar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dimitri T. Azar, MD, Corneal, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Services, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

,Accepted 9 February 2006.

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 Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award and NIH Grant EY10101 (D.T.A.).Dr. Azar receives travel support from Intralase, Inc. No author has other financial or proprietary interests in any product mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)00790-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.083

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1415-1419 , September 2006

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