Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty by Big-Bubble Technique for Treatment Corneal Stromal Opacities

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b   Tyagi, Jaideep ^b   Sharma, Namrata ^b   Kumar, Navneet ^b   Jhanji, Vishal ^b   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CIPLOX; CIPROFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248579708     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.036     Document Type: Article

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