11-0 Mersilene alone as a single running suture in corneal grafts

Eye

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 288-291

  Kalyansundaram, T S ^a   Bearn, M A ^a  

^a CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal grafts; Mersilene; Stability; Suture

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIODEGRADATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034962050     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.96     Document Type: Article

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