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Prevention and Management of Flap Striae After LASIK

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    Roger F. Steinert M.D.

  2. Cornea, Refractive and Cataract Surgery Unit, Vissum/Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alio del Barrio M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alio del Barrio M.D., Ph.D.

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    Dimitri T. Azar

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Steinert, R.F., Alio del Barrio, J.L. (2018). Prevention and Management of Flap Striae After LASIK. In: Alio, J., Azar, D. (eds) Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60561-6_10

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