Diamond knife-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty to manage keratoconus

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 276-282

  Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b   Maharana, Prafulla K ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Agarwal, Tushar ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^b,c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIG BUBBLE DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DIAMOND KNIFE ASSISTED DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893128911     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.07.047     Document Type: Article

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