Catégorie : Publications

No rub, no cone: the keratoconus conjecture. D Gatinel. Int J Keract Ect Cor Dis, 2018;7(1):66-81

13 septembre 2017

  This article aims to provide a comprehensive explanation for the physio pathogenesis of keratoconus and demonstrate why it is not corneal dystrophy of genetic origin, but primarily a warpage of the corneal dome of mechanical origin. Keratoconus is not a true ectasia. Rather, it results from the permanent corneal deformation caused by the buckling […]

Keratoconus, what’s the rub? Cataract and refractive surgery today eu, April 2017

11 septembre 2017

In this paper, Keratoconus What’s the rub, D Gatinel, CRST Europe, April 2017, I elaborate on the hypothesis that eye rubbing is the root cause of keratoconus. This is a more succinct report of some previously published material pointing toward eye rubbing as prime hit in the keratoconus affection. In my view, keratoconus is not […]