Femtosecond laser-assisted lamellar keratoplasty: Early results

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 668-672

  Mosca, Luigi ^a,b   Fasciani, Romina ^a   Tamburelli, Ciro ^a   Buzzonetti, Luca ^a   Guccione, Laura ^a   Mandarà, Erika ^a   Balestrazzi, Emilio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal diseases; Femtosecond laser; Keratoconus; Lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA LEUKOMA; CORNEA SCAR; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIODE LASER; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47949106114     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816736b1     Document Type: Article

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