Corneal wedge excision in the treatment of high astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 819-825

  Ezra, Daniel G ^a,b   Hay Smith, Graham ^a   Mearza, Ali ^a   Falcon, Mike G ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cornea; Keratoplasty; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA WEDGE EXCISION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 34547655736     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318093de39     Document Type: Article

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