Corneal Biomechanics in Ectatic Diseases: Refractive Surgery Implications
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Corneal Biomechanics in Ectatic Diseases: Refractive Surgery Implications
BACKGROUND Ectasia development occurs due to a chronic corneal biomechanical decompensation or weakness, resulting in stromal thinning and corneal protrusion. This leads to corneal steepening, increase in astigmatism, and irregularity. In corneal refractive surgery, the detection of mild forms of ectasia pre-operatively is essential to avoid post-operative progressive ectasia, which also depend...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Ophthalmology Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1874-3641
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101711010176