Treatment of keratoconus with Ferrara ICRS and consideration of the efficacy of the Ferrara nomogram in a 5-year follow-up

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 865-873

  Pesando, Paolo Maria ^a,b   Ghiringhello, Maria Pia ^b   Di Meglio, Giuseppe ^b   Romeo, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b S Rita Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cornea; Ferrara rings; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FERRARA INTRASTROMAL RING SEGMENTS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMOGRAM; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; ULTRASONIC PACHYMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; CORNEA STROMA; IMPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; NOMOGRAMS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77957562407     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000509     Document Type: Article

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