Alphacor™ keratoprosthesis: Device, surgical technique and clinical outcomes;La kératoprothèse Alphacor™: Dispositif, technique chirurgicale et résultats cliniques

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-401

  Trichet, E ^a   Carles, G ^a   Matonti, F ^a   Proust, H ^a   Ridings, B ^a   Conrath, J ^a   Hoffart, L ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blindness; Keratoplasty; Keratoprosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878017857     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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