Keratoplasty, Penetrating
"Keratoplasty, Penetrating" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Partial or total replacement of all layers of a central portion of the cornea.
| Descriptor ID |
D015948
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.095.147.725.225.350 E04.540.825.374.350 E04.936.580.225.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Keratoplasty, Penetrating- Keratoplasty, Penetrating
- Keratoplasties, Penetrating
- Penetrating Keratoplasties
- Penetrating Keratoplasty
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Keratoplasty, Penetrating" by people in Profiles.
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Adjunctive steroid therapy versus antibiotics alone for acute endophthalmitis after intraocular procedure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 02 22; 2:CD012131.
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A masquerader? Paecilomyces must be distinguished from Penicillium in fungal keratitis: a report of two contrasting cases. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Aug 18; 2015.
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Graft failure after penetrating keratoplasty in eyes with Ahmed valves. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Aug; 150(2):169-78.
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Clinical experience with the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implant in eyes with prior or concurrent penetrating keratoplasties. Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Jan; 123(1):54-61.