A new lamellar wound configuration for penetrating keratoplasty surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 260-265

  Busin, Massimo ^a,b,c  

^a Casa di Cura Villa Serena   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Carlo di Nancy   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037311861     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.2.260     Document Type: Article

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