No sutures corneal grafting-A novel use of overlay sutures and fibrin glue in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-209

  Narendran, Niro ^a   Mohamed, Shabbir ^a   Shah, Sunil ^a,b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Fibrin glue; Infective keratitis; Overlay sutures

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; FIBRIN GLUE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REHABILITATION CARE; SCAR FORMATION; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34250878992     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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