Human Fibrin Tissue Adhesive for Sutureless Lamellar Keratoplasty and Scleral Patch Adhesion: A Pilot Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2168-2172

  Kaufman, Herbert E ^a,c   Insler, Michael S ^a   Ibrahim Elzembely, Hosan A ^a   Kaufman, Stephen C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0242349277     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00832-7     Document Type: Article

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