Corneal wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 526-529

  Das, Sujata ^a,b   Whiting, Mark ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Chandrama Complex Kharavel Nagar   (India)

Author keywords

Corneal wound dehiscence; Penetrating keratoplasty; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34547460643     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318038d2e8     Document Type: Article

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