Infectious keratitis in patients undergoing Boston Type 1 keratoprosthesis (Boston KPro) procedure: Case series

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-129

  Do Nascimento, Heloisa Moraes ^a   De Oliveira, Lauro Augusto ^a   Höfling Lima, Ana Luisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

80 and over; Aged; Case reports; Cornea surgery; Corneal diseases surgery; Female; Human; Keratitis; Preoperative care; Prosthesis implantation; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RISK FACTOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79961114093     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492011000200012     Document Type: Article

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