Stefano Ferrari

Preservation and Reuse of KLEx Lenticules: From Biobanking to Therapeutic and Refractive Innovations

Stromal keratophakia was first introduced by Jose Ignacio Barraquer in the 1960s as a refractive procedure involving the implantation of a stromal lenticule into a lamellar keratectomy bed of a recipient cornea. By increasing central corneal thickness, the added lenticule induced...