Microkeratome-assisted superficial anterior lamellar keratoplasty for anterior stromal corneal opacities after penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-105

  Patel, Amit K ^a   Scorcia, Vincenzo ^a,c   Kadyan, Anju ^d   Lapenna, Lucia ^a   Ponzin, Diego ^b   Busin, Massimo ^a,b,c  

^a Villa Serena Hospital   (Italy)

^b The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated lamellar therapeutic keratoplasty; Corneal opacity; Lamellar keratoplasty; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84856494488     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31820c9fd1     Document Type: Article

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