Treating keratoconus with intacs corneal ring segments

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-246

  Hellstedt, Timo ^a   Mäkelä, Janna ^a   Uusitalo, Raimo ^a   Emre, Sinan ^b   Uusitalo, Risto ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 18844409792     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050501-06     Document Type: Article

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