Expanding application of the boston type i keratoprosthesis due to advances in design and improved post-operative therapeutic strategies

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Traish, Aisha S ^a   Chodosh, James ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston keratoprosthesis; corneal blindness; corneal transplantation; keratoprosthesis

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS TYPE 1; CHEMICAL INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 78649361831     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2010.518895     Document Type: Review

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