Comparison of complication rates and postoperative astigmatism between nylon and Mersilene sutures for corneal transplants in patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 533-539

  Bartels, Marjolijn C ^a,c   Van Rooij, Jeroen ^b   Geerards, Annette J M ^b   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Remeijer, Lies ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy; Keratoplasty; Mersilene

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; NYLON; SUTURE MATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPLASTY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; NYLONS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746727206     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214218.60249.e5     Document Type: Article

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