Endothelial replacement without surface corneal incisions or sutures: Topography of the deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty procedure

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-18

  Terry, M A ^a   Ousley, P J ^a  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cornea; Corneal surgery; Endothelial keratoplasty; Lamellar keratoplasty; Orbscan; Surgical technique; Topography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; KERATOMETRY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STROMA CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ASTIGMATISM; CADAVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0035167916     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200101000-00002     Document Type: Article

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