Keratoconus treatment without transplant

Keratoconus: Saving Eyesight Without a Transplant is Possible, With Surgery

Dr. Alberto Bellone: “Many patients arrive at the diagnosis too late and are not made aware of all the options” After the confirmations that arrived...
keratoconus vision

Is it possible to have perfect vision with keratoconus?

Most people with keratoconus have myopic astigmatism, which can increase over time; it is this worsening of vision that leads the patient to see a...
extracellular vesicles

Extracellular vesicles: a link with keratoconus

A study into the link between extracellular vesicles (EVs) in tears and keratoconus revealed potential pathways to new causes and treatment. Researchers at the North...
keratoconus

Keratoconus and quality of life: the study in Saudi Arabia

Keratoconus is a corneal disease characterized by progressive thinning of the cornea and swelling of the corneal structure; if this progression is not stopped, it...
corneal transplants

Corneal transplants? The revolution that restored sight to 14 people

Corneal transplants have always been performed with human tissue taken, after death, from organ donors. But tissue for the corneal transplants has always been in...
diseases cornea

Cornea diseases: the study with biomimetic materials pulsed with low-energy blue light

For diseases that involve thinning of the cornea (such as keratoconus, for example, a not widely known eye disease that results in vision loss for...
symptoms keratoconus

Photophobia, distorted images and blurred vision: these symptoms could be keratoconus pathology

The most important function of the cornea (with a circular and transparent shape) is to contribute, along with the crystalline lens, to focusing images on...
keratoconus

Keratoconus’s treatment: surgery for the most severe cases

With both glasses and contact lenses, attempts have been made to reduce the impact on vision by correcting the astigmatism caused by the keratoconus itself;...