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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2023

Outcomes of two different treatment modalities in mild to moderate keratoconus.

Ahmed M Khalafallah, Mohamed F Abdelkader, Ahmed M Sabry, Yahia M Khairat, Ahmed A Abdelghany

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Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed M KhalafallahOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt. drahmedmaher1988@gmail.com.
Mohamed F AbdelkaderOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Ahmed M SabryOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Yahia M KhairatOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Ahmed A AbdelghanyOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Minia University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe visual and refractive outcomes of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) and toric implantable collamer lenses (TICL) implantation in cases of mild and moderate keratoconus.

methodsA prospective descriptive interventional case series. 40 eyes were allocated into two groups. First group (20 eyes) was treated with corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) 1 month after ICRS implantation and the second group was treated using TICL after 1 year of CXL.

resultsBoth groups showed statistically significant improvement in spherical equivalent, cylindrical refraction, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) over the follow-up period.

conclusionBoth ICRS and TICL are effective in treatment of mid and moderate keratoconus with more predictable visual results with TICL.

Indexed as

KeratoconusLenses, IntraocularCorneal StromaCorneal TopographyCross-Linking ReagentsHumansPhotosensitizing AgentsProsthesis ImplantationRefraction, OcularRiboflavinUltraviolet RaysCross-Linking ReagentsPhotosensitizing AgentsRiboflavinCorneal collagen crosslinkingIntracorneal ring segmentKeratoconusToric ICL

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PMID37460958
PMCPMC10353220
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