Impact of preoperative corneal curvature on the outcome of penetrating keratoplasty in keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 409-412

  Liu, Yi ^a,b   Seitz, Berthold ^a,c   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Nguyen, Nhung X ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TIANJIN EYE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Corneal curvature; Keratoconus; Penetrating keratoplasty; Refractive outcome; Suture removal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CALCULATION; CENTRAL POWER; CORNEA CURVATURE; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRIC ASTIGMATISM; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; ORIENTATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE CYLINDER; SCAR FORMATION; SKULL SURGERY; SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT; SURFACE ASYMMETRY INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE REGULARITY INDEX; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038338330     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200307000-00004     Document Type: Article

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