Different suturing techniques variously affect the regularity of postkeratoplasty astigmatism

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1200-1205

  Busin, Massimo ^a,b   Mönks, Thomas ^b   Al'Nawaiseh, Ibrahim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b University Eye Hospital ^*  (Germany)

^c University Eye Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031657579     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)97021-X     Document Type: Article

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