The intraoperative impression and postoperative outcomes of gamma-irradiated corneas in corneal and glaucoma patch surgery

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1387-1391

  Daoud, Yassine J ^a   Smith, Ronald ^b   Smith, Tessie ^c   Akpek, Esen K ^a   Ward, Donald E ^b   Stark, Walter J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Eye Bank Center   (United States)

Author keywords

gamma irradiation; glaucoma patch graft; lamellar graft; sterile cornea

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA SCAR; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL PATCH GRAFT; GAMMA IRRADIATED STERILE CORNEA; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA PATCH GRAFT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA DISEASE; SCLERAL MELT; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81355127404     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821c9c09     Document Type: Article

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