Refractive and Aberrometric Outcomes of Intracorneal Ring Segments for Keratoconus: Mechanical versus Femtosecond-assisted Procedures

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1675-1687

  Piñero, David P ^a,b   Alio, Jorge L ^a,c   Kady, Bassam El ^d   Coskunseven, Efekan ^e   Morbelli, Hector ^f   Uceda Montanes, Antonio ^g,h   Maldonado, Miguel J ⁱ   Cuevas, Diego ^f   Pascual, Inmaculada ^b  

^a Vissum/Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Dunya Eye Hospital   (Turkey)

^f Vissum Albacete ^*  (Spain)

^g VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^h Fundación Andaluza de Imagen Color y Óptica   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENTS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICALLY-CREATED STRUCTURES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349097562     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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