Outcomes of Therapeutic Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty and Penetrating Keratoplasty for Advanced Infectious Keratitis. A Comparative Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-623

  Anshu, Arundhati ^a,b   Parthasarathy, Anand ^a   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b   Htoon, Hla Myint ^b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c  

^a Eye Centre   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HEXAMIDINE; ISETHIONIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NATAMYCIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPAMIDINE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPEUTIC DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 63149143833     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.043     Document Type: Article

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