Boston keratoprosthesis type 1 surgery: Use of frozen versus fresh corneal donor carriers

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-345

  Robert, Marie Claude ^a   Biernacki, Katarzyna ^a   Harissi Dagher, Mona ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis; frozen corneal graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRESH CORNEA; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84858695905     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823e6110     Document Type: Article

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