Adult keratoplasty: Has the prognosis improved in the last 25 years?

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Price, Francis W ^a   Price, Marianne O ^a  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Endothelial keratoplasty; Femtosecond laser; Limbal stem cell graft; Penetrating keratoplasty; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; TACROLIMUS;

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IMPLANT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; LENS IMPLANT; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RISK REDUCTION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; PROGNOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 43049155966     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9183-1     Document Type: Article

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