Combined phototherapeutic keratectomy and amniotic membrane grafts for symptomatic bullous keratopathy

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1207-1208

  Mannan, Rashim ^a   Pruthi, Archna ^a   Rampal, Upamanyu ^b  

^a Baba Deep Singh Charitable Hospital   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; NYLON; POLYGLACTIN;

ABLATION THERAPY; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT; APOPTOSIS; AUTOGRAFT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPATHY; LANGERHANS CELL; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PLEXUS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMNION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PAIN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77958153440     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d25ffe     Document Type: Letter

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