Postoperative suture manipulation for control of corneal graft astigmatism

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Hirst, Lawrence W ^a,b   McCoombes, John A ^a   Reedy, Manjula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Penetrating keratoplasty; Suture manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUTURE;

NYLON;

ASTIGMATISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 0032134028     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01313.x     Document Type: Article

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