Intracorneal ring segment explantation after intracorneal ring segment implantation combined with same-day corneal collagen crosslinking in keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1617-1620

  Yeung, Sonia N ^a,b   Lichtinger, Alejandro ^a,b   Ku, Judy Y F ^a,b   Kim, Peter ^a,b   Low, Stephanie A W ^a,b   Rootman, David S ^a,b  

^a Yonge Eglinton Laser Eye and Cosmetic Centre   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

collagen crosslinking; intrastromal corneal ring segments; keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888133482     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182a738ba     Document Type: Article

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