Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 370-377 , February 2011

Comparison of wavefront-guided photorefractive keratectomy and foldable iris-fixated phakic intraocular lens implantation for low to moderate myopia

Presented in part at the Symposium on Innovations in Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Fyodorov Microsurgery Complex, Moscow, Russia, November 2007.

Received 3 May 2010 ,Revised 19 August 2010 ,Accepted 19 August 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.08.051

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 370-377 , February 2011

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