Arcuate relaxing incisions guided by corneal topography for postkeratoplasty astigmatism: Vector and topographic analysis

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-557

  Geggel, Harry S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Penetrating keratoplasty; Relaxing corneal incisions; Topography; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARCUATE RELAXING INCISION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL KERATOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746765816     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214222.13615.b6     Document Type: Article

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