Hemi-automated lamellar keratoplasty (HALK)

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1513-1518

  Yuen, Leonard H ^a   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b   Shilbayeh, Rania ^a   Lim, Li ^a   Tan, Donald T ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TUMOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEMI AUTOMATED LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INDIAN; KERATITIS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALAY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNCORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CICATRIX; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054901897     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300195     Document Type: Article

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