Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK): Visual outcome and complications for a heterogeneous group of corneal pathologies

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Noble, Bruce A ^a   Agrawal, Ashish ^a,b   Collins, Cian ^a   Saldana, Manuel ^a   Brogden, Paul R ^a   Zuberbuhler, Bruno ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Graft failure; Keratoconus; Keratoplasty; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TUMOR; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; STEM CELL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845999937     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240080.99832.f3     Document Type: Article

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