Histopathology of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty with pneumatic dissection: The "big-bubble" technique

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-582

  Lim, Pauline ^a   Bradley, Jay C ^a   Harocopos, George J ^b   Smith, Morton E ^b   Mannis, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bubble; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Histopathology; Pneumatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR BUBBLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA STROMA; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMATIC DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67650606784     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818c2c9f     Document Type: Article

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