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简介:AIM:ToinvestigatetheefficacyofFerrararings(FR)implantationinthetreatmentofkeratoconus.METHODS:Itwasaretrospectivecaseseriesdescriptivestudy.Thesamplewascomprisedof50patients79eyesdiagnosedwithprogressivekeratoconus.Thisincluded24(48%)malesand26(52%)femalesbetweentheageof13and44years.AllparticipantsunderwentsurgicalimplantationofFRintheperiodbetweenJanuary2009andSeptember2010atJordanUniversityHospital.Thoroughophthalmologicexaminationswereappliedtomeasurevitalvariablesforeachpathologicalconditionbeforeandaftersurgery.RESULTS:Findingsindicatedanoverallsignificantpostoperativeimprovementinbothuncorrectedvisualacuity(UCVA)andbestspectaclecorrectedvisualacuity(BSCVA)throughoutfollowupvisits.Moreover,resultsillustratedasignificantdecreaseinsphericalequivalent(SE)andkeratometricreadings(lower,higherandtheaverage).CONCLUSION:Surgicalinterventionstrategiesarebeingfrequentlydevelopedtomeettheneedsofpatientswithkeratoconus.TheimplantationofFerrararingshasproventobeasafeandfeasiblealternativeprocedureforthetreatmentofmild-moderatekeratoconusespeciallyforpatientswithcontactlensesintolerance.Wehavefoundthatthisprocedurehasimprovedvisualoutcomesinalleyesstudied.Nevertheless,furtherresearchisneededtoinvestigatelongtermoutcomes.