Military Vision Research Program

Abstract

Determine whether a corneal wound mimicking photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in the setting of dry eye: (1) increases development of corneal haze indicating an increase in the corneal healing response, (2) exacerbates the dry eye, and (3) induces conjunctival stress compared to normal to prevent battlefield complications of refractive surgery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 03, 2009
Accession Number
ADA567515

Entities

People

  • Darlene A. Dartt

Organizations

  • Schepens Eye Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Battlefields
  • Cytokines
  • Department Of Defense
  • Epithelium
  • Eye
  • Information Operations
  • Lacrimal Glands
  • Laser Eye Surgery
  • Production
  • Surgery

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.