Comparison of 2 intrastromal corneal ring segment models in the management of keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 978-985

  Kubaloglu, Anil ^a   Cinar, Yasin ^a   Sari, Esin Sogutlu ^a   Koytak, Arif ^a   Ozdemir, Burak ^a   Ozertürk, Yusuf ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; CORNEA SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952356125     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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