Visual improvement after late debridement of residual stroma after anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 871-873

  Alió, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b VISSUM ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Enhancing visual outcome; Posterior residual stromal bed

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; MOXIDEX; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA STROMA; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATING EYE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 50549088437     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816f62ee     Document Type: Article

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