Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for ectasia after refractive surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 986-990

  Torquetti, Leonardo ^a   Ferrara, Paulo ^a  

^a a private clinic   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL ASPHERICITY; CORNEAL ECTASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACHYMETRY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHEIMPFLUG SCANNING SLIT TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77952399598     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.12.034     Document Type: Article

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