Thermal damage of the corneal endothelium in diode laser thermokeratoplasty;Thermische schadigung des hornhautendothels bei der dioden- laserthermokeratoplastik

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 392-397

  Koop, Norbert ^a   Wirbelauer, Christopher ^b   Tüngler, Andreas ^b   Geerling, Gerd ^b   Bastian, Gerd Otto ^b   Brinkmann, Ralf ^b  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alizarin red; Endothelial cell damage; Isotherms; Laser thermokeratoplasty; Trypan blue; Vital stain

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DIODE LASER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERMETROPIA; INFRARED RADIATION; KERATOPLASTY; STAINING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INJURY; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER COAGULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ASTIGMATISM; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LASER COAGULATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032587118     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050424     Document Type: Article

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