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Chapter-02 Management of Keratoconus

BOOK TITLE: Recent Advances in Ophthalmology—10

Author
1. Padmanabhan Prema
2. Gupta Nidhi
ISBN
9789350252635
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11256_2
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, Medical and Vision Research Foundation, Chennai, India, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Nethralaya and Cornea Services, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

The therapeutic options in the management of keratoconus have increased in the last few decades. The problems in keratoconus which need to be addressed stem from two important characteristics of the disease: First, the progressive nature of keratoconus and second, the poor corneal optics associated with it. Until as recently as the beginning of the present century, it was only the optical effects of keratoconus that were treated and the disease itself was allowed to worsen until it needed a corneal transplant. With a better understanding of the biomechanics of the cornea in health and disease, and of the etiopathogenesis of keratoconus, a more systematic and targeted approach to treatment is made possible.

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