Fibrin glue for opposing wound edges in "Top Hat" penetrating keratoplasty: A laboratory study

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1235-1238

  Bahar, Irit ^a   Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Slomovic, Allan ^a   McAllum, Penny ^a   Rootman, David ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

"top hat"; Fibrin glue; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 36549055704     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318151f8e8     Document Type: Article

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