Anterior stromal puncture for bullous keratopathy

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-374

  Tsai, Tseng Chiang ^a,b   Su, Chuan Yi ^a,b   Lin, Chang Ping ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kangshan Hospital of Kaohsiung County   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUNCTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0041913918     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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