Q-switched 2.94-μm Er:YAG laser trephination with convergent and divergent cut angles for penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 562-568

  Ferreira de Souza, Renate ^b   Seitz, Berthold ^a   Langenbucher, Achim ^b   Hofmann Rummelt, Carmen ^b   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^b   Viestenz, Anja ^b   Küchle, Michael ^b   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convergent cut angles; Divergent cut angles; Er:YAG laser trephination; Penetrating keratoplasty; Thermal damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; KERATOMETRY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; ROTATION; SKULL SURGERY; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; YAG LASER;

CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038088461     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200308000-00015     Document Type: Article

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