Microbubble incision as a new rescue technique for big-bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty with failed bubble formation

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-129

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

big bubble; DALK, keratoconus; dissection; microincision technique

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; LUBRICATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MICROBUBBLE INCISION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AIR; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; ENDOTAMPONADE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; KERATOCONUS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872937751     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31824a226f     Document Type: Article

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