Refractive, topographic, and visual outcomes of same-day corneal cross-linking with ferrara intracorneal ring segments in patients with progressive keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1406-1408

  Saelens, Isabelle E Y ^a   Bartels, Marjolijn C ^a   Bleyen, Isabel ^a   Van Rij, Gabriel ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corneal cross linking; Ferrara intracorneal ring segments; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CROSS LINKING; EYE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355127408     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182151ffc     Document Type: Article

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