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Changes in corneal hysteresis after excimer laser surgery for myopia : Surface ablation versus laser in-situ keratomileusis

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

Subjects

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Tags

Ophthalmology

Advisors

Bahgat, Mussttafa M., El-Agha, Muhammad S., Awadhain, Ahmad R.

Authors

Goussous, Eyad Adan

Accessioned

2017-07-12 06:39:52

Available

2017-07-12 06:39:52

type

M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

Corneal refractive surgery is the most performed ophthalmic procedure in the world. Despite the huge leaps in advancing this technology to reduce the risks of intraoperative and postoperative complications, there is still a very small risk to develop sight threatening complication such as cornea ectasia. Two surgical techniques, laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy, have been used to correct myopia.Corneas at risk of ectasia are usually thinner with abnormal topographies, but some normal thin corneal with normal topographies have developed ectasia, a distinction sometimes hard to make between myopia with such corneas and subclinical cases of keratoconus or forme frust keratoconus.

Issued

1 Jan 2013

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/34795

Details

Type

Thesis

Created At

28 Jan 2023