[
US
/ˌkɛɹətəˈkoʊnəs/
]
NOUN
- abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia
How To Use keratoconus In A Sentence
- For advanced keratoconus when vision is severely affected by scarring, penetrating keratoplasty or full thickness cornea transplant is the most common surgery performed.
- In eyes with keratoconus or corneal ectasia, the point of maximum corneal protrusion (apex of the cone) is the highest point in the corneal elevation map, where the slope is virtually zero (similar to the summit of a hill, which is flat). BioMed Central - Latest articles
- Keratoconus is an irregular bulge of the cornea, or the clear surface structure over the eye.
- Keratoconus turns it from a smooth curve into a cone, wrecking vision. The Sun
- In severe cases keratoconus can cause vision loss. Times, Sunday Times
- Researchers estimate that keratoconus affects 1 in 2000 people. The disease affects men and women alike and there are no known differences between races.
- Avedro, Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Swiss-based Peschke Meditrade GmbH to acquire the rights to its Phase III studies of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking for the treatment of progressive keratoconus and post LASIK ectasia. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- We read the paper by Kymionis et al with great interest, in which they report performance of corneal cross linking surgery by leaving the epithelium intact at the area of topographic steepening in two eyes with keratoconus and post-LASIK corneal ectasia, and localized low pachymetry (less than 400 microns) .1 BioMed Central - Latest articles
