Femtosecond laser versus manual dissection for top hat penetrating keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Bahar, I ^a,b,c,d   Kaiserman, I ^a,b,c,d   Lange, A P ^a,b,c,d   Levinger, E ^a,b,c,d   Sansanayudh, W ^a,b,c,d   Singal, N ^a,b,c,d   Slomovic, A R ^a,b,c,d   Rootman, D S ^a,b,c,d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Yonge Eglinton Laser Eye and Cosmetic Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58349110507     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148346     Document Type: Article

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