Stromal melting associated with a cosmetic contact lens over a boston keratoprosthesis: Treatment with a conjunctival flap

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Adesina, Ore Ofe O ^a   Vickery, Jean A ^b   Ferguson, Carri L ^b   Stone, Donald U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival flap; Cosmetic contact lens; Keratolysis; Keratoprosthesis; Stromal melt

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOLYSIS; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELTING POINT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877696532     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31824daad2     Document Type: Article

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