Tectonic grafts for corneal thinning and perforations

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 792-797

  Vanathi, M ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corneal melts; Corneal perforations; Descemetocele; Tectonic grafts

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS CORNEA GRAFT; HUMAN; LAMELLAR GRAFT; MALE; MUSHROOM GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TECTONIC GRAFT; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036827551     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200211000-00013     Document Type: Article

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