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Urgent Therapeutic Keratoplasty
Author(s) -
Robinson Lyon P.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1975.tb00833.x
Subject(s) - medicine , keratitis , corneal transplantation , threatened species , corneal disease , ophthalmology , surgery , optometry , cornea , biology , ecology , habitat
S ummary F ifty ‐ five patients required urgent therapeutic keratoplasties (hot grafts) in the 10 year period 1965 to 1974 inclusive, at Sydney Bye Hospital. These patients suffered extensive corneal diseases including corneal abscesses, widespread keratitis, severe ulceration and perforations or threatened perforations.