Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for the treatment of keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Kubaloglu, Anl ^a   Sari, Esin Sogutlu ^a   Cinar, Yasin ^a   Koytak, Arif ^a   Kurnaz, Ekrem ^a   Özertürk, Yusuf ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

femtosecond; intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation; keratoconus; mechanical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT IMPLANTATION; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650940700     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181e2cf57     Document Type: Article

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