Amniotic Membrane Transplantation with Cauterization for Keratoconus Complicated by Persistent Hydrops in Mentally Retarded Patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 561-564

  Wylegala, Edward ^a   Tarnawska, Dorota ^a  

^a Railway Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROPS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OLIGOPHRENIA; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BANDAGE; CORNEA EDEMA; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CAUTERY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645369961     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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