Clinicopathologic correlation of explanted AlphaCor artificial cornea after exposure of implant

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1004-1007

  Chow, Clement C ^a   Kulkarni, Amol D ^a   Albert, Daniel M ^a   Darlington, Jason K ^b   Hardten, David R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA EYE CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

AlphaCor artificial cornea; Corneal stromal melting; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LATANOPROST; LUBRICATING AGENT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; EYE INJURY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CALCINOSIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548217366     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3180e799f0     Document Type: Article

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