Hydrogel Intracorneal Inlays for the Correction of Hyperopia. Outcomes and Complications after 5 Years of Follow-up

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Mulet, M Emilia ^a,b   Alio, Jorge L ^a,b   Knorz, Michael C ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Department of Research and Development ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLURRED VISION; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPLANT; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; GLARE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRACORNEAL INLAY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGHT VISION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; SPECTACLES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 67949114421     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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