Penetrating keratoplasty versus deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: Comparison of optical and visual quality outcomes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1063-1067

  Sari, Esin Söǧütlü ^a   Kubaloǧlu, Anil ^a   Ünal, Mustafa ^b   Llorens, David Piñero ^c,d   Koytak, Arif ^e   Ofluoǧlu, Ali Nihat ^f   Özertürk, Yusuf ^a  

^a Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d Foundation for the Visual Quality FUNCAVIS Fundación Para la Calidad Visual   (Spain)

^e Bezmialem University   (Turkey)

^f Alman Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864844484     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301349     Document Type: Article

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