The Use of the Femtosecond Laser in Penetrating Keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Buratto, Lucio ^a   Böhm, Elisabetta ^b  

^a Centro Ambrosiano di Microchirurgia Oculare   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Malattie del Torace   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SUTURE REMOVAL;

EID: 34247173650     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.01.056     Document Type: Article

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