Intrastromal corneal ring segment SK for moderate to severe keratoconus: A case series

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 701-705

  Fahd, Daoud C ^a   Jabbur, Nada S ^a,b   Awwad, Shady T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CLEMENCEAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA POWER; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870174163     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20120921-05     Document Type: Article

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