Visual acuity and refraction after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty with and without successful big-bubble formation

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1252-1255

  Feizi, Sepehr ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Rastegarpour, Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

bared Descemet membrane; bigbubble technique; deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; keratoconus; residual corneal stroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISSECTION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; KERATOCONUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149284284     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d83710     Document Type: Article

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