Exempel på keratoconus

• The medical sign is characteristic of advanced cases of keratoconus and is caused by the cone-shaped cornea pressing down into the eyelid.

• Keratoconus, a progressive thinning of the cornea, is a common corneal disorder.

• Vector planning also proved advantageous in patients with keratoconus.

• At early stages, the symptoms of keratoconus may be no different from those of any other refractive defect of the eye.

• He has completed extensive research in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of keratoconus, a debilitating eye condition.

• Keratoconus can cause substantial distortion of vision, with multiple images, streaking and sensitivity to light all often reported by the patient.

• The classic symptom of keratoconus is the perception of multiple ghost images, known as monocular polyopia.

• Today they are mainly used for the treatment of keratoconus.

• Patient subjective visual function after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia.

• Vertical coma is the most common higher-order aberration in the eyes of patients with keratoconus.

• Nitrotyrosine is also found in numerous other disease-affected tissues, such as the cornea in keratoconus.

• The predominant optical aberration of the eye in keratoconus is the so-called coma.

• A significant risk factor is forme fruste keratoconus, a genetic condition that predisposes the cornea to thinning after surgery.

• Instead of seeing just one point, a person with keratoconus sees many images of the point, spread out in a chaotic pattern.

• Therefore, keratoconus is a contraindication to refractive surgery.