AlphaCor™ cases: Comparative outcomes

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 583-590

  Hicks, Celia R ^a,h   Crawford, Geoffrey J ^a   Tan, Donald T ^b   Snibson, Grant R ^c   Sutton, Gerard L ^d   Downie, Nicholas ^e   Gondhowiardjo, Tjahjono D ^f   Lam, Dennis S C ^g   Werner, Liliana ⁱ   Apple, David ⁱ   Constable, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Jakarta Eye Center   (Indonesia)

^g HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^h LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Artificial cornea; Keratoprosthesis; Outcomes and complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL CORNEA; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141819936     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200310000-00001     Document Type: Review

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