The CORTES study: Corneal transplant indications and graft survival in an Italian cohort of patients

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-515

  Fasolo, Adriano ^a   Frigo, Anna Chiara ^b   Böhm, Elisabetta ^d   Genisi, Claudio ^c   Rama, Paolo ^e   Spadea, Leopoldo ^f   Mastropirro, Barbara ^b   Fornea, Michela ^b   Ponzin, Diego ^a   Grigoletto, Francesco ^b  

^a The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^d Ospedale SM degli Angeli   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Graft survival; Lamellar keratoplasty; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; EYE REFRACTION; EYEBANK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CORNEA DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ITALY; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746764585     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214211.60317.1f     Document Type: Article

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