© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jorge L. Alió (ed.)KeratoconusEssentials in Ophthalmology10.1007/978-3-319-43881-8_12 12. Role of Corneal Biomechanics in the Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus FangJun Bao1, 2 , Brendan Geraghty3 , QinMei Wang1, 2 and Ahmed Elsheikh3, 4 (1) Eye Hospital,…
Author Location Age in years Sample size Incidence/100,000 Prevalence/100,000 Method Tanabe et al. (1985) [105] Muroran, Japan 10–60 2601-P 9 Keratometry Kennedy et al. (1986) [7] Minnesota, USA 12–77 64-P…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jorge L. Alió (ed.)KeratoconusEssentials in Ophthalmology10.1007/978-3-319-43881-8_1 1. What Is Keratoconus? A New Approach to a Not So Rare Disease Jorge L. Alió1, 2 (1) Keratoconus Unit, Department of Refractive Surgery, Vissum…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jorge L. Alió (ed.)KeratoconusEssentials in Ophthalmology10.1007/978-3-319-43881-8_2 2. Modern Pathogenesis of Keratoconus: Genomics and Proteomics Pierre Fournié1 , Stéphane D. Galiacy2 and François Malecaze1 (1) Department of Ophthalmology, CRNK, CHU Toulouse, Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse,…
Fig. 12.1 Coronal CT image (soft tissue window) demonstrating bony anatomy and extraocular muscles of the orbit: o optic nerve, i intraconal space, e extraconal space, circle border between intraconal and extraconal spaces…
Fig. 10.1 Posterior pole of a highly myopic individual. The optic disc is somewhat tilted. There is broad peri-papillary atrophy and macular pigmentary mottling Another condition that affects the integrity of…
Fig. 4.1 Slit lamp photograph of normal radial keratotomy incisions Procedure The surgeon makes a number of uniform microscopic cuts with a diamond-blade knife into the cornea to sever the collagen…
(1) Department of Ophthalmology, The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA Ilan Epstein Email: Inci.dersu@downstate.edu KeywordsIridodialysisCyclodialysisAngle recession glaucomaPostsurgical glaucomaAngle closure glaucomaOcular hypotony Posttrauma…
