Homologous scleral graft for corneal perforation in a child

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-231

  Levartovsky, Shmuel ^a   Springer, Amira ^b   Leiba, Hana ^b   Marcovich, Arie L ^b   Pollack, Ayalla ^b  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corneal perforation; Scleral graft; Scleral transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOGRAFT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CILIARY DISK; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; DONOR; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCLERA GRAFT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUTURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SCLERA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 38549164113     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815a510e     Document Type: Article

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