Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 194-198 , February 2008

Corneal intrastromal implantation surgery for the treatment of moderate and high myopia

  • Albert Daxer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Albert Daxer, Landstrasse 68, A-4020 Linz, Austria.

,Accepted 25 October 2007.

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 The author has a financial interest.

 Presented in part at the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California, USA, April 2007, and the XXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(07)01911-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.10.011

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 194-198 , February 2008

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