âCruâ is the French word that is typically translated as growth, when referring to wine vineyards. It is closely related to another famous wine term âterroirâ. The Cru reflects how the Terrior contributes a certain character(s) to the wine. Mo...
The thicker dehydrated amniotic membrane disk (15mm Ambio5, 100 microns nominal thickness) was hydrated and manipulated into the concavity of the 18mm Kontur contact lens (Kontur Kontact Lens Co.). The resulting unit was placed onto the new ocular surface with the contact lens retaining the disk.
In the mildest form of keratoconus, eyeglasses or soft contact lenses may help. But as the disease progresses and the cornea thins and becomes increasingly more irregular in shape, glasses and regular soft contact lens designs no longer provide adequate vision correction. Normal eye vs. eye with keratoconus. The keratoconic cornea bulges slightly, for a more cone-shaped surface.