Penetrating and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus: A comparison of graft outcomes in the United Kingdom

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5625-5629

  Jones, Mark N A ^a   Armitage, W John ^b   Ayliffe, William ^c   Larkin, D Frank ^d   Kaye, Stephen B ^e  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE REFRACTION; GRAFT REJECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 73349108085     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3994     Document Type: Article

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