ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Study of ablated surface smoothness and thermal processes in rabbit cornea treated with MicroScan-Visum and MicroScan-PIC excimer laser systems

About authors

Department for Clinical Research in Ophthalmology,
Clinical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Nika Takhchidi
Volokolamskoe shosse, d. 30, str. 2, Moscow, Russia, 123182; ur.ay@ht-akin

Received: 2016-04-11 Accepted: 2016-04-14 Published online: 2017-01-05
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