Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 11-13 , January 2009

Femtosecond-assisted astigmatic keratotomy for post-keratoplasty irregular astigmatism

Received 23 March 2008 ,Revised 24 July 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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 Doctors Yoo and Culbertson received travel grants and speakers' honoraria from IntraLase Corp. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(08)01043-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.08.039

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 11-13 , January 2009

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