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All Surface Laser Ablation and Crosslinking

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The continuous improvements in laser technology is creating new options for dealing with ectatic corneas, overcoming the taboo of using excimer laser on corneal ectasia and introducing the concept of customized treatments improving the quality of spectacles visual acuity in patients intolerant to contact lenses reducing the high order aberrations and irregular astigmatism. The chapter is focused on the combination between Transepithelial All Surface Laser Ablation and Corneal CXL.

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  1. Centro Polispecialistico Mediterraneo, Sellia Marina, Catanzaro, Italy

    Miguel Rechichi

  2. Studio Oculistico Ferrise, Lamezia terme, Italy

    Marco Ferrise

  3. SCHWIND Eye-Tech-Solutions, Kleinostheim, Germany

    Samuel Arba Mosquera

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  1. Watany Eye Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

    Ashraf Armia

  2. Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, Italy and Siena Crosslinking Center, Italy, University of Sassari, Siena, Italy

    Cosimo Mazzotta

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Rechichi, M., Ferrise, M., Mosquera, S.A. (2022). All Surface Laser Ablation and Crosslinking. In: Armia, A., Mazzotta, C. (eds) Keratoconus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84506-3_11

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