Amniotic membrane transplantation and fibrin glue in the management of corneal ulcers and perforations: A review of 33 cases

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-377

  Hick, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Demers, Pierre E ^b,d   Brunette, Isabelle ^c,d   La, Céline ^a   Mabon, Michèle ^c   Duchesne, Bernard ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Corneal perforation; Corneal ulcer; Fibrin glue

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULCER HEALING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844396230     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151547.08113.d1     Document Type: Review

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