Corneal biomechanical changes after intracorneal ring segment implantation in Keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 491-499

  Piñero, David P ^a,b   Alio, Jorge L ^a,c   Barraquer, Rafael I ^d   Michael, Ralph ^d  

^a Vissum Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI BARRAQUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

corneal biomechanics; intracorneal ring segment; KeraRing; Ocular Response Analyzer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; INTRACORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCULAR RESPONSE ANALYZER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL PROSTHESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860014916     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821ee9f4     Document Type: Article

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