Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 408-412

  Al Torbak, Abdullah A ^a   Al Motowa, Saeed ^a   Al Assiri, Abdullah ^a   Al Kharashi, Soliman ^a   Al Shahwan, Sami ^a   Al Mezaine, Hani ^a   Teichmann, Klaus ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD; CORNEA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745027180     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000220777.70981.46     Document Type: Article

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