Histologic and ultrastructural characterization of corneal femtosecond laser trephination

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 908-913

  Nuzzo, Valeria ^a   Aptel, Florent ^a,b   Savoldelli, Michèle ^b   Plamann, Karsten ^a   Peyrot, Donald ^a   Deloison, Florent ^a   Donate, David ^b   Legeais, Jean Marc ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Keratoplasty; Microscopy; Trephination

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL TREPHINATION; EYEBANK; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 69649109390     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318197ebeb     Document Type: Article

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