Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1273-1279 , August 2008

Online optical coherence pachymetry as a safety measure for laser in situ keratomileusis treatment in 1859 cases

,Accepted 14 April 2008.

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 Dr. T.F. Neuhann and Mr. Hassel are scientific consultants to Bausch & Lomb. Mr. Hilger is a Bausch & Lomb employee. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November 2006, and the ASCRS Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California, USA, April 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00427-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.04.015

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1273-1279 , August 2008

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