Intracorneal ring segments implantation followed by same-day photorefractive keratectomy and corneal collagen cross-linking in keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 915-918

  Iovieno, Alfonso ^a   Légaré, Marie Eve ^a   Rootman, Daniel B ^a   Yeung, Sonia N ^a   Kim, Peter ^a   Rootman, David S ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; CROSS LINKING TECHNIQUE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENT IMPLANTATION; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84855859182     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20111103-03     Document Type: Article

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