Prospective Comparison of Two Suturing Techniques of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Symptomatic Bullous Keratopathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Altiparmak, Ugur E ^a   Oflu, Yusuf ^a   Yildiz, Elvin H ^a   Budak, Koray ^a   Aslan, Bekir Sitki ^a   Nurozler, Ayse ^a   Onat, Mustafa ^a   Kasim, Remzi ^a   Duman, Sunay ^a  

^a Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPITHELIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPATHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 59749083114     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.08.036     Document Type: Article

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