Intrastromal corneal ring segments: Visual outcomes from a large case series

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-439

  Ferrara, Guilherme ^a,b   Torquetti, Leonardo ^a   Ferrara, Paulo ^a   Merayo Lloves, Jesús ^b  

^a Paulo Ferrara Eye Clinic   (Brazil)

^b Fernández Vega Ophthalmological Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal topography; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHERICITY; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATECTASIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PACHYMETRY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; CORNEA STROMA; EYE REFRACTION; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; WOUND HEALING;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873024727     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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