Fig. 4.1 Anteroposterior section of keratoconic corneal button obtained after transplant surgery. The section has been stained using Celltracker green which stains the cytoplasm of all living cells green and…
Fig. 5.1 Acute keratoconus in a 13-year-old patient As reported in the literature keratoconus can be associated with systemic and ocular diseases [12, 13]. In children these associations are typical…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Jorge L. Alió (ed.)KeratoconusEssentials in Ophthalmology10.1007/978-3-319-43881-8_30 30. Adjourn: A Glance at the Future of Keratoconus Jorge L. Alió1, 2 (1) Keratoconus Unit, Department of Refractive Surgery, Vissum Alicante, Alicante, Spain (2)…
Fig. 25.1 Options of refractive surgery in keratoconus These techniques are normally used in patients with forme fruste keratoconus or stable keratoconus [13] and are not choice in progressive keratoconus,…
Fig. 21.1 The Geneva protocol for corneal cross-linking (CXL) in pediatric patients 21.4 Patient Comfort Versus CXL Efficacy Recently, new and less invasive protocols for CXL treatment have been proposed….
Lead author Year Number (eyes) Follow-up (months) UDVA change (LogMar) CDVA change (LogMar) MSE change (D) K max change (D) Pachymetry change (μm) Failure (%) Raiskup 2008 33 >36 −0.15 …
© 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,…
