Treatment of acute corneal hydrops with intracameral C3 F8 in a patient of pellucid marginal degeneration with keratoglobus

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 697-699

  Kaushal, Sameer ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute hydrops; C3F8; Corneal ectasia; Pellucid marginal degeneration

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; PREDNISOLONE 21 PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROPS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOGLOBUS; MALE; PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEA DEGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL EDEMA; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36048981806     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01579.x     Document Type: Article

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