Comparison of mechanical and femtosecond laser tunnel creation for intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation in keratoconus: Prospective randomized clinical trial

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1556-1561

  Kubaloglu, Anil ^a   Sari, Esin Sogutlu ^a   Cinar, Yasin ^a   Cingu, Kürat ^b   Koytak, Arif ^a   Coşkun, Erol ^a   Özertürk, Yusuf ^a  

^a Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; EYE SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

EID: 77955582613     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.04.028     Document Type: Article

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