Microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty for the surgical treatment of keratoconus

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 987-997

  Busin, Massimo ^a,c   Zambianchi, Luca ^a   Arffa, Robert C ^b  

^a Villa Serena Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 20144381282     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.01.024     Document Type: Article

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