Use of a "small-bubble technique" to increase the success of Anwar's "big-bubble technique" for deep lamellar keratoplasty with complete baring of Descemet's membrane

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1369-1373

  Parthasarathy, Anand ^a,b   Yong, Ming Por ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGAN SYNDROME; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CICATRIX; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; KERATOCONUS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848887462     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.113357     Document Type: Article

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