Photorefractive keratectomy with mitomycin C after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-420

  Leccisotti, Antonio ^a,b,c  

^a Ophthalmic Surgery Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Haze; Mitomycin C; Photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FLUOROMETHOLONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MITOMYCIN; MYOPIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 42549160898     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318164e4b8     Document Type: Article

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