Open Access<p>Combining Porcine Xenograft Intra-Corneal Ring Segments and CXL: a Novel Technique</p>
Author(s) -
Anastasios John Kanellopoulos,
Filippos Vingopoulos
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s230011
Subject(s) - cornea , dioptre , optical coherence tomography , ophthalmology , medicine , keratoconus , scheimpflug principle , ex vivo , biomedical engineering , in vivo , biology , visual acuity , microbiology and biotechnology
The ex-vivo feasibility of creating corneal ring segments (ICRS) from biological tissue (xenograft porcine cornea) and combining intra-corneal implantation with Corneal CrossLinking (CXL).