Central lamellar keratoplasty with peripheral intralamellar tuck: A new surgical technique for keratoglobus

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 657-660

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Bhartiya, Prashant ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Keratoglobus; Lamellar keratoplasty; Stem cell; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DONOR; HUMAN; KERATOGLOBUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036784728     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200210000-00005     Document Type: Article

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