Amniotic membrane transplantation with anterior stromal micropuncture for treatment of painful bullous keratopathy in eyes with poor visual potential

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Sonmez, Baris ^a   Kim, Brian T ^b   Aldave, Anthony J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane transplantation; Anterior stromal micropuncture; Bullous keratopathy

Indexed keywords

TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR STROMA PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA SURGERY; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BLISTER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846527302     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000244876.92879.c1     Document Type: Article

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