Femtosecond-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty using big-bubble technique in a cornea with 16 radial keratotomy incisions

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-236

  Chamberlain, Winston ^a   Cabezas, Mauricio ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

big bubble; deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; femtosecond laser; radial keratotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; LASER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AIR; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; LASER THERAPY; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78651378248     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181e16db0     Document Type: Article

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