A technique to visualize corneal incision and lamellar dissection depth during surgery

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-86

  Melles, Gerrit R J ^a   Rietveld, Frank J R ^b   Beekhuis, W Houdijn ^a   Binder, Perry S ^c  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Vision Surgery and Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Corneal lamellar dissection; Corneal surgery; Corneal thickness; Incision depth; Keratotomy incision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; DISSECTION; INCISION; KERATOTOMY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

EID: 0032903904     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199901000-00014     Document Type: Article

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