Investigation of corneal topography after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 971-978

  Lombardo, Marco ^a   Terry, Mark A ^b,c   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^d,e   Serrao, Sebastiano ^f   Ducoli, Pietro ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Lions Vision Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d Vision Engineering Italy Srl   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^f Serraolaser   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal biomechanics; Corneal topography; Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelial keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78650085984     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000601     Document Type: Article

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