Alphacor keratoprosthesis: A novel approach to minimize the risks of long-term postoperative complications

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 905-910

  Ngakeng, Vanessa ^a   Hauck, Matthew J ^b   Price, Marianne O ^c   Price, Francis W ^a  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lautert)   (United States)

Author keywords

AlphaCor; Artificial cornea; Corneal graft; Keratoprosthesis; Outcomes and complications; Penetrating keratoplasty; Surgery; Technique

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; STEROID; NYLON;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHACOR KERATOPROSTHESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREORETINOPATHY; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 50549101140     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181705cbc     Document Type: Article

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