Combined interrupted and continuous versus single continuous adjustable suturing in penetrating keratoplasty: A prospective, randomized study of induced astigmatism during the first postoperative year

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1991-1998

  Karabatsas, Constantinos H ^a,b   Cook, Stuart D ^a   Figueiredo, Francisco C ^a   Diamond, Jeremy P ^a   Easty, David L ^a  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032470686     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91114-9     Document Type: Article

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