Treatment of a large corneal perforation with a multilayer of amniotic membrane and TachoSil

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-100

  Grau, Arturo E ^a   Durán, Juan A ^a,b  

^a Instituto Clínico Quirúrgico Oftalmológico   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Corneal perforation; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN PLUS THROMBIN; THROMBIN;

AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG COMBINATION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMNION; CORNEAL PERFORATION; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; THROMBIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856436078     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821f28a2     Document Type: Article

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