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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806172703321

Autore

Buratto Lucio

Titolo

PRK : past, present, and future / / Lucio Buratto [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thorofare, NJ : , : SLACK Incorporated, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-61711-802-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Disciplina

617.7/190598

Soggetti

Cornea - Laser surgery

LASIK (Eye surgery)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The corneal surface -- Optical and mechanical properties of the cornea -- Photorefractive keratectomy -- Photorefractive keratectomy enhancement following previous radial keratotomy and LASIK -- Smoothing in refractive surgery -- How to perform custom ablation -- Corneal biomechanical effects of surface ablation compared with laser in situ keratomileusis using microkeratome or femtosecond laser -- The Athens protocol : PRK and CXL -- Surface ablation (PRK) to enhance previous LASIK -- Preoperative evaluation of patients prior to PRK.