Ectasia risk factors in refractive surgery.

@article{Santhiago2016EctasiaRF,
  title={Ectasia risk factors in refractive surgery.},
  author={Marcony Rodrigues de Santhiago and Natalia T Giacomin and David M Smadja and Samir Jacob Bechara},
  journal={Clinical ophthalmology},
  year={2016},
  volume={10},
  pages={
          713-20
        }
}

• Marcony Rodrigues de Santhiago, Natalia T Giacomin, +1 author Samir Jacob Bechara
• Published in Clinical ophthalmology 2016
• DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S51313

This review outlines risk factors of post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ectasia that can be detected preoperatively and presents a new metric to be considered in the detection of ectasia risk. Relevant factors in refractive surgery screening include the analysis of intrinsic biomechanical properties (information obtained from corneal topography/tomography and patient's age), as well as the analysis of alterable biomechanical properties (information obtained from the amount of tissue… CONTINUE READING

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