AlphaCor: Clinical outcomes

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1034-1042

  Hicks, Celia R ^a,g   Crawford, Geoffrey J ^a   Dart, John K G ^b   Grabner, Günther ^c   Holland, Edward J ^d   Stulting, R Doyle ^e   Tan, Donald T ^f   Bulsara, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Landesaugenklinik Salzburg   (Austria)

^d CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^g LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AlphaCor; Corneal graft; Keratoprosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND MOVEMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STROMA; STROMA MELTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845360288     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000229982.23334.6b     Document Type: Article

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