The Boston type I keratoprosthesis: An assessment of its efficacy and safety

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 446-452

  Verdejo Gómez, Lucía ^a   Peláez, Natalia ^b   Gris, Oscar ^b   Güell, José Luis ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; BOSTON TYPE I KERATOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 83055166980     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20110908-03     Document Type: Article

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