Ocular Trauma Following Penetrating Keratoplasty
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Ocular trauma following penetrating keratoplasty: incidence, outcome, and postoperative recommendations.
BACKGROUND The surgical wound after penetrating keratoplasty is more vulnerable to contusive trauma than the intact cornea. OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence of ocular trauma following penetrating keratoplasty, and to evaluate its causative factors, management, and visual outcome. SETTING Tertiary referral facility in a fairly closed population. METHODS Retrospective study assessing ocul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.10.1282