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Avoiding Corneal Graft: From Corneal Surgery to Phakic IOL

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Irregular astigmatism, one of the worst sequelae of corneal injuries, is a frequent complication of corneal refractive surgery. Options for the correction of irregular astigmatism are scarce, with limited results. Discovering new surgical methods to improve corneal regularity for the correction of astigmatism is of primary importance, especially as corneal refractive surgery techniques including laser in situ keratomileusis.

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  1. Department of Refractive Surgery, Vissum Corporación Oftalmológica, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió MD, PhD & Alessandro Abbouda MD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology-Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Viale del Policlinico, 155, 00186, Roma, Italy

    Alessandro Abbouda MD

  3. R&D Department, Vissum Corporación Oftalmológica, 03016, Alicante, Spain

    Alessandro Abbouda MD

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Correspondence to Jorge L. Alió MD, PhD .

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  1. Department of Anterior Segment & Refractive Surgery, Vissum Corp. Instituto Oftalmológico, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió

  2. Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Dimitri T. Azar

  3. Vissum Corporacion Instituto Oftalmologica, Alicante, Spain

    Alessandro Abbouda

  4. Vissum Corporacion Instituto Oftalmologica, Alicante, Spain

    Amr El Aswad

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Alió, J.L., Abbouda, A. (2015). Avoiding Corneal Graft: From Corneal Surgery to Phakic IOL. In: Alió, J., Azar, D., Abbouda, A., Aswad, A. (eds) Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55238-0_11

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