Corneal crosslinking and visual rehabilitation in keratoconus in one session without epithelial debridement: New technique

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1176-1179

  Daxer, Albert ^a,b   Mahmoud, Haifa A ^c   Venkateswaran, R S ^c  

^a Daxer Eye Center   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Dr Haifa Mahmoud Eye Specialist Center   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

CISIS; cornea; Corneal cross linking; intracorneal implant; keratoconus; keratoplasty; MyoRing; visual rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RIBOFLAVIN; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77958151123     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d2c644     Document Type: Article

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