Central penetrating keratoplasty with peripheral intrastromal tuck

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 947-950

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Bhartiya, Prashant ^a   Agarwal, Tushar ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corneal decompensation; Penetrating keratoplasty; Peripheral intrastromal tuck

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28044462238     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000164778.80172.7e     Document Type: Article

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