Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation with the femtosecond laser in a post-keratoplasty patient with recurrent keratoconus.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_05988AA50BB9
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation with the femtosecond laser in a post-keratoplasty patient with recurrent keratoconus.
Journal
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
Author(s)
Coskunseven E., Kymionis G.D., Talu H., Aslan E., Diakonis V.F., Bouzoukis D.I., Pallikaris I.
ISSN
0886-3350 (Print)
ISSN-L
0886-3350
Publication state
Published
Issued date
10/2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
33
Number
10
Pages
1808-1810
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
A 50-year-old woman had implantation of intrastromal corneal ring segments for recurrent keratoconus 15 years after penetrating keratoplasty. Two segments (0.15 mm and 0.25 mm) were inserted without any intraoperative or postoperative complications, using the femtosecond laser to create the tunnels (superior and inferior). Ten months after the procedure, the uncorrected visual acuity was 20/100, compared with counting fingers preoperatively, and the best spectacle-corrected visual acuity improved from 20/63 to 20/32. Although the results are encouraging, the long-term effect of this approach for the management of post-keratoplasty patients with recurrent keratoconus is not known.
Keywords
Corneal Stroma/surgery, Corneal Topography, Female, Humans, Keratoconus/surgery, Keratoplasty, Penetrating, Lasers, Excimer, Middle Aged, Prostheses and Implants, Prosthesis Implantation, Recurrence, Visual Acuity
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Web of science
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