Photorefractive keratectomy followed by same-day corneal collagen crosslinking after intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for pellucid marginal degeneration

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1783-1785

  Kymionis, George D ^a   Grentzelos, Michael A ^a   Portaliou, Dimitra M ^a   Karavitaki, Alexandra E ^a   Krasia, Maria S ^a   Dranidis, George K ^a   Kozobolis, Vasilios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; DENACLOF; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; FLUOROMETHOLONE; PILOCARPINE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT IMPLANTATION; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MIOSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELLUCID MARGINAL DEGENERATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77957820672     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.06.044     Document Type: Article

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