A new scleral suction trephine for retrieval of corneoscleral donor tissue

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Vrabec, Michael P ^a,d   Fan, Nancy I ^b   Dahl, Patricia ^c   Florakis, George J ^b  

^a St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Eve Bank for Sight Restoration   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SUCTION;

AGED; CADAVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SCLERA; SUCTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030000501     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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