Impact of Ring Implant Surgeries on the Corneal Transplant Queue at a Reference University Hospital in the State of Pará
Glenda Figueira Guimarães, Jose Jesu Sisnando D'Araújo Filho, Raissa Tereza Casseb Oliveira, Evelly Christinne da Silva Moraes, Kelly Cristina Costa Guedes Nascimento, Ryan Jorge Amorim, Pedro Artur Solano carvalho, Caio Cesar Rodrigues Chaves, Bruno Eduardo da silva Rodrigues, Daniele Salgado de Sousa & Vitor Hugo Auzier Lima · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2024
Keratoconus is a progressive non-inflammatory ectatic dystrophy, characterised by thinning and curving of the cornea, with central or paracentral conical protrusion, which occurs due to a biomechanical failure of the corneal stroma that is no longer able to resist the internal an...