Treatment of symptomatic bullous keratopathy with poor visual prognosis using a modified gundersen conjunctival flap and amniotic membrane

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 508-512

  Güell, Jose L ^a,b,c   Morral, Merce ^b,d   Gris, Oscar ^b   Elies, Daniel ^b   Manero, Felicidad ^b  

^a Instituto Microcirugia Ocular   (Spain)

^b Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GUNDERSEN CONJUNCTIVAL FLAP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMNION; BLISTER; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84872729348     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20120830-01     Document Type: Article

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