Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.

Penetrating keratoplasty eyes are at greater risk of laceration than intact corneas due to persistent wound weakness, even years after surgery. We report a case of traumatic wound dehiscence by fingertip injury 14 years following penetrating keratoplasty.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maheshwari Sejal, Saswade Manoj, Thool Ashish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2003-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Penetrating keratoplasty
wound dehiscence
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=3;spage=259;epage=260;aulast=Maheshwari
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spelling doaj-208bbbbfe21d457a8c638dbeb618d2982020-11-24T22:52:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47382003-01-01513259260Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.Maheshwari SejalSaswade ManojThool AshishPenetrating keratoplasty eyes are at greater risk of laceration than intact corneas due to persistent wound weakness, even years after surgery. We report a case of traumatic wound dehiscence by fingertip injury 14 years following penetrating keratoplasty.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=3;spage=259;epage=260;aulast=MaheshwariPenetrating keratoplastywound dehiscence
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author Maheshwari Sejal
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Thool Ashish
spellingShingle Maheshwari Sejal
Saswade Manoj
Thool Ashish
Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Penetrating keratoplasty
wound dehiscence
author_facet Maheshwari Sejal
Saswade Manoj
Thool Ashish
author_sort Maheshwari Sejal
title Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.
title_short Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.
title_full Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.
title_fullStr Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.
title_full_unstemmed Traumatic Wound Dehiscence 14 Years following Penetrating Keratoplasty.
title_sort traumatic wound dehiscence 14 years following penetrating keratoplasty.
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
issn 0301-4738
publishDate 2003-01-01
description Penetrating keratoplasty eyes are at greater risk of laceration than intact corneas due to persistent wound weakness, even years after surgery. We report a case of traumatic wound dehiscence by fingertip injury 14 years following penetrating keratoplasty.
topic Penetrating keratoplasty
wound dehiscence
url http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2003;volume=51;issue=3;spage=259;epage=260;aulast=Maheshwari
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