Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 591-602 , April 2007

Customized photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy using combined topographic and refractive data for myopia and astigmatism in eyes with forme fruste and mild keratoconus

  • Noel Alpins, FRANZCO, FRCOphth, FACS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Noel Alpins, 7 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham, Victoria 3192, Australia.
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  • George Stamatelatos, BScOptom

,Accepted 1 December 2006.

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 Dr. Alpins has a financial interest in the ASSORT® program used to calculate the treatment parameters and examine outcomes. Mr. Stamatelatos has no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Presented at ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA, March 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00090-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.12.014

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 591-602 , April 2007

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