Effect of trephination technique on the ultrastructure of corneal transplants: Guided trephine system v posterior punch technique

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1172-1177

  Radner, Wolfgang ^a,b   Skorpik, Ch ^a   Loewe, R ^b   Mudrich, C ^a   Radner, G ^a   Mallinger, R ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTISOL; PRESERVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKULL SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032884840     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.10.1172     Document Type: Article

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