Nonmechanical corneal trephination with the excimer laser improves outcome after penetrating keratoplasty

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1156-1165

  Seitz, Berthold ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Kus, Murat M ^a   Küchle, Michael ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033504303     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90265-8     Document Type: Article

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