Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in patients with keratoconus: Big-bubble technique

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Feizi, Sepehr ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Jamali, Hossein ^b   Mirbabaee, Firooz ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Fasa University of Medical Science   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bigbubble technique; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Keratoconus; Visual outcomes

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CEFAZOLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; LUBRICATING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFACETAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIGV BUBBLE TECHNIQUE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISSECTION; DONOR; EDEMA; FEMALE; FILAMENTARY KERATITIS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SUBEPITHELIAL GRAFT REJECTION; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649126231     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181af25b7     Document Type: Article

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