Intacs is the brand name for a medical device that is used in the treatment of the eye disorder known as keratoconus. Cornea cross-linking is a powerful procedure that can strengthen the weakened ...

PITTSBURGH — Intacs prescription inserts are being used in the treatment of keratoconus in U.S. phase 1 clinical trials. Therapeutic applications of Intacs inserts, a refractive device approved in the ...

Intrastromal corneal ring segments (INTACS) is a non-laser procedure that involves implanting two tiny plastic arcs in the cornea. These crescents are placed in the outer edge of the cornea and ...

Two surgical procedures have been described for ICRS implantation: the mechanical method and the femtolaser method. The use of femtolaser for ICRS tunnel creation was widely accepted after FDA ...

Normally, your cornea— the clear outer lens or "windshield" of your eye — has a dome shape, like a ball. Sometimes, the structure isn’t strong enough to hold its round shape and bulges outward, like a ...

What is Keratoconus A non-inflammatory condition in which the normally round front surface of the eye, the cornea, becomes increasingly steeper (more highly curved). It results is stretching, thinning ...

Pre-2000, the clinical management of keratoconus centred on rigid contact lens fitting when spectacle corrected acuity was no longer adequate, and transplantation where contact lens wear failed. Over ...

PITTSBURGH — Intacs prescription inserts are being used in the treatment of keratoconus in U.S. phase 1 clinical trials. Therapeutic applications of Intacs inserts, a refractive device approved in the ...

Recently, CXL increased as a treatment strategy for progressive keratoconus. The growing number of clinical reports suggest not only a consistent stabilizing effect of CXL, but also a variable ...