Visual outcomes and graft survival following corneal transplants: The need for an Irish National Corneal Transplant Registry

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Guerin, Marc ^a   O'Connell, E ^a   Walsh, Carmel ^a   Fulcher, T ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Corneal transplants; Graft success; National registry; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; IRELAND; IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 43749117304     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-008-0136-0     Document Type: Article

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