Outcomes of a new microwave procedure followed by accelerated cross-linking for the treatment of keratoconus: A pilot study

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 787-792

  Vega Estrada, Alfredo ^a,b   Alió, Jorge L ^a,b   Plaza Puche, Ana B ^a,b   Marshall, John ^c  

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

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; DEXTRAN; LUBRICATING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN; SYSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABERROMETRY; ACCELERATED CORNEA COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA HIGHER ORDER ABERRATION; CORNEA PRIMARY COMA ABERRATION; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DEBRIDEMENT; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MICROWAVE THERMAL KERATOPLASTY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84870157054     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20121011-07     Document Type: Article

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