CLAS and Mini ASRK For the purpose of informationPlease Click HerePublished recently in the Italian journal Leadership Medica-- Edited by QuintriX at 21:47, 2007-11-20
Hello everyone! I'm new here. My name is Alexander, I am from Russia, St. Petersburg. I read a lot about Mini ARK and I plan to undergo this procedure with Dr. Marco Abbodanza. As far as I was able to find out, this doctor also carried out successful operations, published, even showed him on Italian TV....
Hi guys,
Heres the link to a new Mini Ark database that I have just finished... Its intention to not only try and educate people as to the possibilities of Mini Ark but to also create a list of Mini Ark patient testimonials.
It is my hope that the database can grow to give balance to the one sided arguem...
Has anyone here had surgery with Dr. Artsybashev in Budapest? I know dr goren and dr artsybashev have both posted details on the internet, but I'd like to hear some patient experiences and outcomes. So, has anyone been to see dr. Artsybashev?
Hi, The following is a link to an article that is already featured here (see the leading sticky post to this thread). I include it here again because the article also appears on the Ophthalmology Times Europe website: Attacking keratoconus selectively & effectively. 01 October 2008By: Massi...
A modest outcome however it might be enough (a small victory) to take the "edge" of things and get select patients back to more comfortable viewing with glasses. Nothing is done infront off, or behind the eyes view and sight, which is sometrthing of a plus.More detail can be seen on the below video:[vi...
I am collecting questions for a microsurgery FAQ. Please post your questions here or send them to my email. Thanks for your help. Peter drgoren@hotmail.com
Hello, I have on left eye 1-2 stage keratoconus, on right eye keratoconus is starting. I have been told I can do either Crosslinking alone or PRK+Crosslinking (on left, worst eye). What you suggest ? I am also thinking about Keraflex instead of both above. Can you help me ?
after 6/7 months of my eyes constantly improving after mini ark(huge success ) i have found that in the last 2 months the eye has started to get slightly worse ,,,, shall this continue or is it quite normal ,,,,has anybody else got some info on this ,,,, my eye sight had arrived at almost 10/10 with glasse...
This abstract gives an overview of a technique used by some Italian doctors using LISIK but it also mentions using RK on KC.
http://www.slackinc.com/eye/jrs/vol152s/app.htm -- Edited by Chris_NZ at 15:28, 2006-03-22
Hello Everyone,
I am in contact with both doctors on these 2 procedures. Has anybody had either of these procedures done? If so how much of an improvement did you get? If anybody has any information on either of these 2 procedures please post them. Its going to cost me alot of money to travel from Califo...
Hello All,
Can somebody please give me some pros and cons of these procedures? I am down to these 2 as my final options. I need to get to 20/70 vision in both eyes uncorrected by october of 2010. I am currently 20/80 and 20/200.
thank you,
Brett
The following text is taken from a powerpoint presentation given by Prof. Massimo Lombardi at the 2008 Dresden Cross-linking conference. It points to his use of a variation of crosslinking in conjunction with mini ASRK: MASSIMO LOMBARDI INTRODUCING: Mini A.S.R.K. + S.A.D.C.L. “Alternative su...
Hi, The following is an article by Prof. Massimo Lombardi. It concerns his use of stem cells in the regeneration of ocular tissue. He has began to make retrobulbar injections with autologous stem cells since last February 2008. I know very little about this branch of his treatments and include it her...
Hi,
A few days ago I recieved a testimonial by a guy called Jimmy Peacock... I didnt recieve it from Jimmy himself rather from Quintrix.(Thx mate)
I had read on this forum Quintrix eluding to the fact that Jimmys story was a real eye opener (pun alert :))
Now that I have read it myself and contacted...
Hi evreyone,
as trying to find more information about MINI ARK (as so far do plan to undergo it)
have found video presentation, which gives you complete undestanding of this method.
CLAS and Mini SARK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPC3YSzvTNA
ARK + mini ARK part1 [url]htt...
Hi Everyone,
For those who don't know my name is Hari Navarro and a few months ago I travelled to Rome and underwent the mini ark operation to treat my six year old Keratoconus.
My decision to visit Prof. Massimo Lombardi and to eventually have him operate on me came at the end of a long journey. I had n...
Hi,
I hope some of you can help me with the following questions:
(1) If miniARK is such a success for such a long period how come the inventor has not written a single scientific article to be published in any peer viewed or non-peer viewed medical journal? Why is there no complete da...
Note this is not in the relation to KC, but its good that they are thinking of the "mini" aspect.
"There is a school of thought in the USA that newer types of RK with much shorter incisions such as Mini and/or Midi RK do not suffer from the serious structural weakening of earlier forms of RK operations. T...
Hi everyone, Just a quick note to let you know that the keratoconus international site is offline at the moment. This is due to the fact that our webhost has disappeared and left us unable to retrieve our data :( . I hope this is not a perminant problem and that in the near future we will be back online :) :) R...
Hello everyone
First I would like to thank the people who made possible a internet page in which eyeryone can talk about everything he wants to without being offended
I would like to talk to you about daily life after Mini-ARK. (The OP was one year ago, one slight correction in May 2004). At them...
I have been looking in to this, as in many ways it shows something which Prof Lombadri has been tell's us about with wound healing and new stroma growing after incisional surgery (cheak the picture out), also, please note about the epithelium, which I wrote about before in its ability to plug/mas...
Does Prof. Lombardi believe that a virus or bacteria causes KC? Assuming this is true, has the Professor actually isolated and identified the virus/bacteria in KC patients? If not, how can he reasonably promote his medical theory without clinical evidence? Doesn't this lack of scientific rigour...
Just a quick note for those that are interested. Prof. Lombardi's site has recently been updated. It now has information in English/ German and of course Italian.
Lombardi Eye clinic (mini ARK)
Hari
For those who dont know, Mike is the first American patient to be operated on with the Mini ARK technique.
He has allowed for his testimonial to be posted on my site. It makes for a very interesting read, his results to date speak for themselves.
Also he has posted corneal topos and a set of post op. ph...
The link below is entitled...
ISRS/AAO 2005: Emerging Trends in Refractive and Cataract Surgery. In conjunction with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Although there are only a few words in the link as its an out-line of meetings and events...However the following sentence is...
Hello all!
Well, I've done it. As some of you have read on the Yahoo forum, I went to Rome last month and got mini-ARK. I am just starting on the road that so many of you have travelled already. I hope you don't mind if I am full of questions. As my eyes heal and I come to grips with...
The best outcomes of miniark is when KC stages are early, I or II. Which I perfectly understand. The corneal tissue has enough keratocytes that are healthy enough to react as wanted to produced a healthy corneal wound healing with new scar collagen. Later stages, III or IV, corneal wound healing will...
Hi,
I realise that mini ARK is considered an absolute no go by some in the medical establishment. From the comments that I saw on other sites it seemed to be condemned as a very dangerous procedure, but with no actual reasons given. What I fail to understand is exactly what the perceived prob...
Hi guys,
Just a quick note to say that I've passed another milestone following my mini ark operation (almost a year ago)... It may not seem like much but it is for me. Tonight was the first time I've driven uncorrected at night. To date I drive (during the day) read and watch tv all without lenses or glas...
Radial keratotomy in patients with atypical inferior steepening.
Grandon SC, Weber RA.
Eye Surgery Institute, Dearborn, Michigan 48126.
Using corneal topography we screened 1,368 consecutive eyes that had radial keratotomy from November 1991 through April 1993. Fourteen eyes...
Please help me. I am having great difficulty contacting Dr. Lombardi's office. I have seen the new site. Every time I try one of the phone numbers listed, I get a message in Italian, then the phone hangs up. The link from the web site to send an e-mail doesn't work, and sending e-mail to info@centronazio...
Hi Everyone....
....Regarding mini-ark patients and outcomes....
Here are the out come of known (persoanally varified) german and one patient from spain:)....of Prof. Lombardi...
(Please Note: there are many, many more people who are not personally known and met....but f...
It has been said that the word laser is the sexiest word in the medical dictionary. That its very mention provides calm reasurrance that techology at its peak is dealing with our sight problems.
But this maybe far from the truth as a growing number of research and articles say... Incisional s...
The following is an article by a well known american eye surgeon... He too was taught by Prof. Fyodorov, as was Prof. Lombardi... and implements similar techniques during surgery. This article speaks of the 'Skill' level that is being 'dumbed down' to accomadate newer, but nessessarily better pro...
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I would like to talk to you about daily life after Mini-ARK. (The OP was one year ago, one slight correction in May 2004). At them...
