Many times a corneal surgery transplant can be avoided. Asymmetric radial keratotomy and mini-ARK, With its micro and mini incisions, proportionally limited to the precocity of the disorder, offer a way out of the tunnel that leads to corneal graft, with a success rate that no other surgical technical can so far achieve. Compared to the traditional methods, corneal transplant can be more easily avoided with the use of ARK or mini ARK technology.
Indeed, such surgery (used by Dr. Massimo Lombardi and other surgeons in Italy and throughout the world) should not only be considered as today's best solution for keratoconus, but also, as an important prophylaxis for the evolution of keratoconus. This will reduce the future need to resort to corneal surgery transplant.
Dr. Lombardi has played an important role as a pioneer in the field of refractive microsurgery and with an experience of thousands of refractive operations since 1980. His simple operation to permanently resolve (in 95% of cases) the keratoconus problems of types I, II and some selected cases of type III. This operation has proved itself, with the outcomes achieved over 15 years, able to reduce at least by 95% the need for corneal surgery transplant for keratoconus on a worldwide level.
Find more detailed information from Dr. Lombardi on this subject at Update on Keratoconus Microsurgery.
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