Boston Keratoprosthesis Type 1 in the Pediatric Population

Current Ophthalmology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 124-130

  Dohlman, Thomas ^a   Fernandez, Ana Alzaga ^a   Lertsuwanroj, Buntitar ^a   Ciralsky, Jessica ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston keratoprosthesis; Corneal opacities; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASTIGMATISM; BANDAGE CONTACT LENS; BLINDNESS; BOSTON KERATOPROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL ANTERIOR STAPHYLOMA; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOPROSTHESIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PETERS ANOMALY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85041452908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40135-016-0103-2     Document Type: Review

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