Penetrating keratoplasty: Indications, outcomes, and complications

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1288-1294

  Rahman, I ^a   Carley, F ^a   Hillarby, C ^b   Brahma, A ^a   Tullo, A B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Corneal transplantation; survival; Long term follow up; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SNELLEN TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEITIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650692742     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.305     Document Type: Article

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