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ArticleVision (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Three-Year Visual, Tomographic, and Corvis ST-Derived Biomechanical Outcomes After Combined Intrastromal Ring Implantation and Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus.

Radu-Nicolae Pop, Patricia Ariadna Nicula, Cristina Ariadna Nicula, Dorin Vasile Nicula, Bianca Pop

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Radu-Nicolae PopOCULENS Ophthalmology Clinic, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3473-2141
Patricia Ariadna NiculaOCULENS Ophthalmology Clinic, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristina Ariadna NiculaOCULENS Ophthalmology Clinic, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3222-6448
Dorin Vasile NiculaOCULENS Ophthalmology Clinic, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Bianca PopSurgical Department, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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Abstract

Combined intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation with corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) aims to improve optical regularity and reduce the risk of ectatic progression in selected eyes with keratoconus. In this retrospective, single-center, complete-case longitudinal series, 58 eyes from 40 patients treated at OCULENS Ophthalmology Clinic between 2019 and 2022 were analyzed after same-session KeraRing implantation and conventional epithelium-off CXL, with baseline and 6-, 12-, 24-, and 36-month follow-up data. Outcomes included uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), thinnest pachymetry, maximum keratometry (Kmax), the Belin/Ambrosio enhanced ectasia total deviation index (BAD-D), the C and D components of the ABCD classification, and Corvis ST-derived dynamic deformation parameters. Longitudinal continuous outcomes were analyzed as eye-level repeated-measures estimates with Holm-adjusted paired comparisons, and stage distributions were analyzed with the Friedman test. At 36 months, UDVA improved from 0.560 ± 0.151 to 0.469 ± 0.136 logMAR and CDVA from 0.350 ± 0.109 to 0.287 ± 0.092 logMAR (both

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corneal cross-linkingcorneal tomographyCorvis ST-derived biomechanicsintracorneal ring segmentsKeraRingkeratoconusPentacam

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