enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: doctors who do cross linking keratoconus near me

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Corneal cross-linking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneal_cross-linking

    Corneal cross-linking (CXL) with riboflavin (vitamin B 2) and UV-A light is a surgical treatment for corneal ectasia such as keratoconus, PMD, and post-LASIK ectasia. It is used in an attempt to make the cornea stronger. According to a 2015 Cochrane review, there is insufficient evidence to determine if it is useful in keratoconus. [2]

  3. Anastasios John Kanellopoulos - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasios_John_Kanellopoulos

    Anastasios John Kanellopoulos (born in Chicago, USA) is a Greek-American eye surgeon specializing in corneal transplantation, cornea crosslinking [1] [2] [3] for keratoconus, [4] [5] complicated cataract surgery and complicated glaucoma.

  4. Keratoconus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus

    In 2016, however, the FDA approved cross-linking surgery as a treatment for keratoconus and recommended that a registry system should be set-up to evaluate the long-term treatment effect. [ 9 ] [ 70 ] The Save Sight Keratoconus Registry is an international database of keratoconus patients that is tracking outcomes of cross-linking in patients ...

  5. Corneal ectatic disorders - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneal_ectatic_disorders

    Keratoconus, a progressive, noninflammatory, bilateral, asymmetric disease, characterized by paraxial stromal thinning and weakening that leads to corneal surface distortion. [ 2 ] Keratoglobus , a rare noninflammatory corneal thinning disorder, characterised by generalised thinning and globular protrusion of the cornea.

  6. Refractive surgery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractive_surgery

    Keratoconus, a progressive thinning of the cornea, is a common corneal disorder. Keratoconus occurring after refractive surgery is called Corneal Ectasia. It is believed that additional thinning of the cornea via refractive surgery may contribute to advancement of the disease [31] that may lead to the need for a corneal transplant.

  7. Pellucid marginal degeneration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellucid_marginal_degeneration

    Intacs implants, corneal collagen cross-linking, and corneal transplant surgery are additional options. Surgery is reserved for individuals who do not tolerate contact lenses. The term "pellucid marginal degeneration" was first coined in 1957 by the ophthalmologist Schalaeppi. [ 2 ]

  1. Ads

    related to: doctors who do cross linking keratoconus near me