Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 12 , Pages 2138-2141 , December 2007

Intacs to stabilize diurnal variation in refraction after radial keratotomy

,Accepted 16 July 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the Cornea Day of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons 11th Winter Refractive Surgery Meeting, Athens, Greece, February 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01517-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.07.023

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 12 , Pages 2138-2141 , December 2007