Abstract

The review article provides non-surgical (spectacle and contact correction, ultraviolet corneal crosslinking) and surgical methods (corneal transplantation, intrastromal implantation of segments and rings) for the treatment of keratoectasias and, in particular, keratoconus. The authors present their own original developments of scientists from the Ufa Research Institute of Eye Diseases in the field of cross-linking and various types of keratoplasty, as well as promising areas of clinical research on the combined treatment of keratectasias: cross-linking in combination with LASIK, intrastromal introduction of segments and rings. Key words: cornea, keratectasias, keratoconus, non-surgical and surgical methods of treatment.

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