Pentacam-based big bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in patients with keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 627-632

  Riss, Stephan ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^a   Bachmann, Bjoern O ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

big bubble; deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK); keratoconus; Pentacam

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE MICROPERFORATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PENTACAM BASED BIG BUBBLE DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84861100853     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8c85     Document Type: Article

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