Automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty (ALTK) in the treatment of anterior to mid-stromal corneal pathologies

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 771-773

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Vasudendra, Nagaraj ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior corneal stromal opacities; Automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty (ALTK); Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAUSTIC BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750631714     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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