Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty using big-bubble technique for treatment of corneal stromal scars

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 629-633

  Arslan, Osman Şevki ^a   Ünal, Mustafa ^b   Tuncer, Ibrahim ^a   Yücel, Iclal ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

big bubble technique; corneal scars; Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIG BUBBLE TECHNIQUE; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEAL STROMAL SCAR; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79956338138     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181eeb44a     Document Type: Article

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