A risk score as part of an evidence-based approach to the selection of corneal replacement surgery

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 523-530

  Hicks, Celia R ^a,c   MacVie, Olivia ^b   Crawford, Geoffrey J ^a   Constable, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial corneas; Corneal grafts; Evidence based medicine; Keratoprostheses; Risk factor score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 21244449611     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000153103.27399.e6     Document Type: Article

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