Factors predicting unsuccessful big bubble deep lamellar anterior keratoplasty

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 379-382

  Michieletto, Paolo ^a   Balestrazzi, Alessandra ^a   Balestrazzi, Angelo ^b   Mazzotta, Cosimo ^b   Occhipinti, Igor ^a   Rossi, Tommaso ^a  

^a Ophthalmic Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big bubble technique; Corneal perforation; In vivo confocal microscopy; Lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIG BUBBLE DEEP LAMELLAR ANTERIOR KERATOPLASTY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LEUKOMA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA THINNING; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL OPACITY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33750902023     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095864     Document Type: Article

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