Obesity as a factor in penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-18

  Johansen, Thomas R ^a   Mannis, Mark J ^a   Macsai, Marian S ^b   Marsh, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Penetrating keratoplasty; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MYOPIA; OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032929328     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199901000-00003     Document Type: Article

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