Clinical results of 123 femtosecond laser-assisted penetrating keratoplasties

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Birnbaum, Florian ^a,b   Wiggermann, Antonia ^b   Maier, Philip C ^b   Böhringer, Daniel ^b   Reinhard, Thomas ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Femtosecond laser assisted; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYSTIC EPITHELIAL EDEMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE IRREGULARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE REMOVAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOCORTOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84872280159     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2054-0     Document Type: Article

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