Two cases of AlphaCor surgery performed using a small incision technique

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-15

  Crawford, Geoffrey J ^a   Eguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Hicks, Celia R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AlphaCor artificial cornea; Instrumentation; Keratoprosthesis; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CASE REPORT; CORNEA SURGERY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 14744298770     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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