Gamma-irradiated corneas as carriers for the boston type 1 keratoprosthesis: Advantages and outcomes in a surgical mission setting

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-239

  Fadlallah, Ali ^a,b   Atallah, Marwan ^b   Cherfan, George ^a   Awwad, Shady T ^c   Syed, Zeba A ^d   Melki, Samir A ^a,d,e  

^a Al Mathaf Square   (Lebanon)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beirut; Gamma irradiation; Keratoprosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERILIZATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894062856     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000065     Document Type: Article

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