Implantation of new intracorneal ring segments after segment explantation for unsuccessful outcomes in eyes with keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1303-1310

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,b   Piñero, David P ^a   Söütlü, Esin ^c   Kubaloglu, Anil ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ABERROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORNEA SURGERY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EXPLANT; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENT IMPLANTATION; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; CORNEA STROMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955669069     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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