Third or greater penetrating keratoplasties: Indications, survival, and visual outcomes

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-259

  Yildiz, Elvin H ^a,b   Hoskins, Eliza ^a   Fram, Nicole ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Hammersmith, Kristin M ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corneal regraft; Graft survival; Repeat penetrating keratoplasty; Third graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUCH DYSTROPHY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROMAL DYSTROPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77649108165     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181b31b6f     Document Type: Article

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