Importance of nutrition to corneal grafts when used as a carrier of the Boston keratoprosthesis

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-568

  Harissi Dagher, Mona ^a   Khan, Bilal F ^a   Schaumberg, Debra A ^a   Dohlman, Claes H ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston keratoprosthesis; Corneal melt; Corneal nutrition

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA MELT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547482988     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318041f0a6     Document Type: Article

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