Pachymetry-guided intrastromal air injection ("pachy-bubble") for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1087-1091

  Ghanem, Ramon C ^a,b   Ghanem, Marcielle A ^a  

^a Sadalla Amin Ghanem Eye Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

corneal transplantation; descemet membrane; keratoconus; lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACHYMETRY GUIDED INTRASTROMAL AIR INJECTION; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865500850     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8f2d     Document Type: Article

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