Deep anterior lamellar transplant using lyophilized and optisol corneas in patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1030-1036

  Farias, Roberta ^a,b   Barbosa, Luciene ^a,b   Lima, Acácio ^b   Mayumi, Eliane ^b   Lourenço, Andréa ^b   Freitas, Denise De ^b   Allemann, Norma ^b   Vieira, Luís ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sorocaba Eye Bank ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Keratoconus; Lyophilization; Optisol

Indexed keywords

OPTISOL; PRESERVATIVE; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DEXTRAN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PACHOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; KERATITIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DEXTRANS; EYEGLASSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREEZE DRYING; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149148308     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31817e903a     Document Type: Article

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