Elevation changes of central posterior corneal surface after intracorneal ring segment implantation in keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-395

  Söǧütlü, Esin ^a   Piñero, David P ^b,c   Kubaloglu, Anil ^a   Alio, Jorge L ^b,d   Cinar, Yasin ^a  

^a Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Alicante   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

intracorneal ring segments; KeraRing; keratoconus; Pentacam; posterior corneal surface

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858659964     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31822481df     Document Type: Article

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