Femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty: Laboratory studies in eye bank eyes

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-25

  Malta, João Baptista ^a,b   Soong, H Kaz ^a   Shtein, Roni ^a   Banitt, Michael ^a   Musch, David C ^a,c   Sugar, Alan ^a   Mian, Shahzad I ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Fibrin adhesive; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYEBANK; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED KERATOPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY; LABORATORY; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECIPIENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUTURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CLOSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXCIMER LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

CORNEA; EYE BANKS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 59449088378     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802535255     Document Type: Article

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