Keratoprosthesis: Procedure of choice for corneal opacities in children

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 244-248

  Nallasamy, Sudha ^a   Colby, Kathryn ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

AMBLYOPIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMICROSCOPY; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA OPACITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LONG TERM CARE; PARENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MALFORMATION; RETINOPATHY; RETINOSCOPY; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CHORISTOMA; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 78649339552     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2010.518810     Document Type: Review

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