Comparison of femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty versus conventional penetrating keratoplasty

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-491

  Chamberlain, Winston D ^a   Rush, Sloan W ^a   Mathers, William D ^a   Cabezas, Mauricio ^b   Fraunfelder, Frederick W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA PERFORATION; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED KERATOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952280177     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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