Modified big-bubble technique compared to manual dissection deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in the treatment of keratoconus

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 431-438

  Knutsson, Karl Anders ^a   Rama, Paolo ^a   Paganoni, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

big bubble; deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; keratoconus; keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; BIG BUBBLE DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; EYE REFRACTION; KERATOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937726208     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12705     Document Type: Article

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