Long-term refractive results of elliptical excimer laser penetrating keratoplasty (EELPK)

Current Eye Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 953-959

  Szentmóry, Nára ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Kus, Murat M ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Elliptical shape; Excimer laser; Long term follow up; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36249016965     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680701689781     Document Type: Article

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