Corneal aberrometric and refractive performance of 2 intrastromal corneal ring segment models in early and moderate ectatic disease

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Piñero, David P ^a   Alió, Jorge L ^a   El Kady, Bassam ^a   Pascual, Inmaculada ^a  

^a Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEAL ECTASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449209879     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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