Reshaping procedures for the surgical management of corneal ectasia

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 842-872

  Ziaei, Mohammed ^a   Barsam, Allon ^b   Shamie, Neda ^m   Vroman, David ^e,n   Kim, Terry ^d,m   Donnenfeld, Eric D ^f   Holland, Edward J ^h,o   Kanellopoulos, John ^g,k   Mah, Francis S ⁱ   Randleman, J Bradley ^j   Daya, Sheraz ^c   Güell, Jose ^l  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Sight   (United Kingdom)

^d East Grinstead House   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^f OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF LONG ISLAND   (United States)

^g Department of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k Laservisiongr Eye Institute   (Greece)

^l Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

^m Carolina Cataract and Laser Center ^*

ⁿ Carolina Cataract and Laser Center   (United States)

^o CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HIGH FLUENCY COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTRASTROMAL CORNEAL RING SEGMENT; IRITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMYCOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NOMOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSEPITHELIAL COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING; CORNEA STROMA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 84926322932     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.03.010     Document Type: Review

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