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Descriptor English: Epikeratophakia
Descriptor Spanish: Epiqueratofaquia
Descriptor epiqueratofaquia
Scope note: Procedimiento que modifica DEFECTOS DE REFRACCIÓN mediante el trasplante de la CÓRNEA de un donante a la superficie anterior de la córnea del paciente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Epiceratofacia
Descriptor French: Épikératoplastie
Entry term(s): Epikeratophakias
Epikeratoplasties
Epikeratoplasty
Tree number(s): E02.095.147.725.225.225
E04.540.825.374.225
E04.936.580.225.225
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017391
Scope note: A procedure that modifies REFRACTIVE ERRORS by the transplantation of a donor CORNEA to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea.
Annotation: do not coordinate with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Corneal Transplantation (1981-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30736
Unique ID: D017391
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/20
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Epikeratophakia - Preferred
Concept UI M0026405
Scope note A procedure that modifies REFRACTIVE ERRORS by the transplantation of a donor CORNEA to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea.
Preferred term Epikeratophakia
Entry term(s) Epikeratophakias
Epikeratoplasties
Epikeratoplasty



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