Surgical approach for scleral ischemia and melt

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-201

  Casas, Victoria E ^a   Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^a   Blanco, Gabriela ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved amniotic membrane; Fibrin glue; Lamellar corneal patch graft; Scleral ischemia and melt; Tenonplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPLOPIA; EPITHELIZATION; EYE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERA ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYMBLEPHARON; TENONPLASTY;

AGED; AMNION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SCLERAL DISEASES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 38549088858     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815ba1ae     Document Type: Article

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