Femtosecond laser-assisted inverted mushroom keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 679-685

  Cheng, Yanny Y Y ^a   Tahzib, Nayyirih G ^a   Van Rij, Gabriel ^b   Cleynenbreugel, Hugo Van ^c   Pels, Elisabeth ^d   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Femtosecond laser; Inverted mushroom keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED INVERTED MUSHROOM KERATOPLASTY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY; X LINKED ICHTHYOSIS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DIODE LASER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS, X-LINKED; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47949118237     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815bad0c     Document Type: Article

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