Airbag-induced bilateral corneal graft dehiscence

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-111

  Maharshak, Idit ^a,b   Bourla, Dan ^a,b   Grinbaum, Aaron ^c   Weinberger, Dov ^a,b   Axer Siegel, Ruth ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airbag; Motor vehicle accidents; Ocular trauma; Ruptured globe

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPECTACLES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; CORNEA; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; IRIS DISEASES; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LENS DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLAPSE; RUPTURE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11144244603     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000127478.21928.2c     Document Type: Article

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