Atlas of microkeratome assisted lamellar keratoplasty.9781556427428 Atlas of microkeratome assisted lamellar lamellar /la·mel·lar/ (lah-mel´ar) 1. pertaining to or resembling lamellae. 2. lamellated (1). lamellar pertaining to or emanating from lamella. keratoplasty keratoplasty /ker·a·to·plas·ty/ (ker´ah-to-plas?te) plastic surgery of the cornea; corneal transplantation. optic keratoplasty . Busin, Massimo and Robert C. Arffa. Slack Inc. 2006 116 pages $78.95 Hardcover RE336 Busin (ophthalmology, Louisiana State U. et. al.) and Arffa (ophthalmology, U. of Pittsburgh) come to the rescue of corneal corneal pertaining to the cornea. See also keratitis, keratopathy. corneal anomaly includes microcornea, coloboma, megalocornea, dermoid, congenital opacity. corneal black body see corneal sequestrum (below). surgeons seeking information on leading edge techniques in posterior and anterior lamellar keratoplasty. Along with such interesting techniques as using a microkeratome to dissect both recipient and donor corneas, thereby achieving 20/20 acuity, the authors cover basic practical corneal physiology, equipment and instrumentation for automated procedures, superficial and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus, endokeratoplasty and lap-joint keratoplasty, Descemet's stripping and endothelial endothelial /en·do·the·li·al/ (-the´le-al) pertaining to or made up of endothelium. Endothelial A layer of cells that lines the inside of certain body cavities, for example, blood vessels. keratoplasty, mushroom keratoplasty, and microkeratome-assisted correction of high-degree post-keratoplasty astigmatism astigmatism (əstĭg`mətĭz'əm), type of faulty vision caused by a nonuniform curvature in the refractive surfaces—usually the cornea, less frequently the lens—of the eye. . This is particularly well-illustrated with color clinical photographs. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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