Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1267-1272 , August 2008

Relationship between preoperative aberrations and postoperative refractive error in enhancement of previous laser in situ keratomileusis with the LADARVision system

  • Roger F. Steinert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Roger F. Steinert, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine, 118 Med Surge I, Irvine, California 92697-4375, USA.
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  • Nicoletta Fynn-Thompson, MD

,Accepted 15 April 2008.

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 Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Supported in part by a departmental challenge grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, New York, to the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Irvine, California, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00470-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.04.019

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1267-1272 , August 2008

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