Other Complications: Haze-Related Myopic Shift After PRK on a LASIK-Operated Eye Treated by Transepithelial PTK

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Abstract

A refractive surgeon should be aware that haze formation can be induced by even a small ablation depth surface treatment on a LASIK flap, with myopic shift the most relevant clinical consequence [1].

Keywords

Corneal Topography Myopic Shift Haze Formation Scheimpflug Tomography LASIK Surgery 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.BegitekSan SebastianSpain
  2. 2.OkularVitoriaSpain

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