A technique to rescue keratoprosthesis melts

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1407-1411

  Feng, Matthew T ^a   Burkhart, Zachary N ^a   McKee, Yuri ^a   Price, Francis W ^a  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston keratoprosthesis; Corneal melt; Keratoplasty; KPro

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; ANIRIDIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MONOCULAR VISION; NYSTAGMUS; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; DONOR; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84886102216     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31829e1fc0     Document Type: Article

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