Clinical outcomes after implantation of a new intrastromal corneal ring with a 210-degree arc length

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1604-1608

  Ferrara, Paulo ^a   Torquetti, Leonardo ^a  

^a a private clinic   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68349113873     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.04.035     Document Type: Article

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