Corneal collagen cross-linking before ferrara intrastromal corneal ring implantation for the treatment of progressive keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 740-745

  Henriquez, Maria A ^a   Izquierdo Jr , Luis ^a   Bernilla, Cesar ^a   McCarthy, Martin ^b  

^a Instituto de Ojos Oftalmo Salud Lima   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

corneal collagen cross linking; Ferrara intrastromal corneal rings; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FERRARA INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT IMPLANTATION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862866504     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318219aa7a     Document Type: Article

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