Globe rupture following penetrating keratoplasty: How often, why, and what can we do to prevent it?

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 776-780

  Elder, Mark J ^a   Stack, Rebecca R ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corneal strength; Globe rupture; Penetrating keratoplasty; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GLOBE RUPTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 7444267365     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000133996.99520.c4     Document Type: Article

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