Riboflavin injection into the corneal channel for combined collagen crosslinking and intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 878-883

  Kl, Aylin ^a   Kamburoglu, Gunhal ^b   Aknc, Arsen ^c  

^a Dunya Eye Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Maya Eye Center   (Turkey)

^c Kudret Eye Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT IMPLANTATION; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84859887248     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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