Management of acute corneal hydrops secondary to keratoconus with intracameral injection of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1067-1069

  Panda, Anita ^a,b   Aggarwal, Anand ^a   Madhavi, Pragati ^a   Wagh, Vijay B ^a   Dada, Tanuj ^a   Kumar, Abhiyan ^a   Mohan, Shalini ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Air; Hydrops; Keratoconus; Sulfur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CORNEAL EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34748894217     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31805444ba     Document Type: Article

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