PMID- 7549316
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19951121
LR  - 20081121
IS  - 0941-293X (Print)
IS  - 0941-293X (Linking)
VI  - 92
IP  - 4
DP  - 1995 Aug
TI  - [Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). The limits of our knowledge].
PG  - 385-8
AB  - The confines of our knowledge with respect to excimer laser photorefractive 
      keratectomy are particularly manifest in two areas: the effects of the excimer on 
      the corneal tissue, especially in the course of the wound healing process; and 
      the optical aberrations caused by the laser treatment through structural 
      alterations in a previously clear cornea. The criteria currently used to evaluate 
      the outcome of excimer refractive surgery are not adequate. More stringent and 
      nuanced assessments are needed to expand the frontiers of our knowledge.
FAU - Epstein, D
AU  - Epstein D
AD  - Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Schweden.
LA  - ger
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Photorefraktive Keratektomie (PRK). Die Grenzen unseres Wissens.
PL  - Germany
TA  - Ophthalmologe
JT  - Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
JID - 9206148
SB  - IM
MH  - Cornea/*physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lasers, Excimer
MH  - Myopia/physiopathology/*surgery
MH  - Photorefractive Keratectomy/*methods
MH  - Postoperative Complications/*physiopathology
MH  - *Refraction, Ocular
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Wound Healing/*physiology
EDAT- 1995/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ophthalmologe. 1995 Aug;92(4):385-8.