Therapeutic sclerokeratoplasty versus therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in refractory corneal ulcers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-19

  Panda, Anita ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Angra, Surender K ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Microbial keratitis; Postpenetrating keratoplasty; Refractory corneal ulcer; Sclerokeratoplasty; Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; KERATOMETRY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SCLERA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17944365009     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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