Outcomes of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty following successful and failed 'big bubble'

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 564-569

  Bhatt, Uday K ^a   Fares, Usama ^a   Rahman, Imran ^a,b   Said, Dalia G ^a   Maharajan, Senthil V ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DENSITOMETRY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CICATRIX; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84858341783     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300214     Document Type: Article

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