Bilateral penetrating keratoplasty - Indications, results and review of literature

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-166

  Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Sudhir, R R ^a   Fogla, Rajesh ^a   Rajagopal, Rama ^a   Sitalakshmi, G ^a   Padmanabhan, Prema ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Bilateral penetrating keratoplasty; Corneal graft failure; Endothelial rejection; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034955804     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010635231828     Document Type: Article

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