Contact lenses fitting after intracorneal ring segments implantation in keratoconus
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Contact lenses fitting after intracorneal ring segments implantation in keratoconus.
PURPOSE Evaluate contact lenses fitting after intracorneal ring implantation for keratoconus, its visual acuity and comfort. METHODS Retrospective study of patients undergoing contact lenses fitting, after intracorneal ring for keratoconus. The criterion for contact lens fitting was unsatisfactory visual acuity with spectacle correction as referred by the patients. All patients were intoleran...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0004-2749
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492013000400004