Topography-guided transepithelial surface ablation followed by corneal collagen cross-linking performed in a single combined procedure for the treatment of keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Stojanovic, Aleksandar ^a   Zhang, Jia ^b   Chen, Xiangjun ^b   Nitter, Tore A ^c   Chen, Shihao ^b   Wang, Qinmei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Øyelegesenteret i Tromsø   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELLUCID MARGINAL DEGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPILLOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY GUIDED TRANSEPITHELIAL SURFACE ABLATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77949400500     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100121-10     Document Type: Article

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