Causes and management of Descemet's membrane detachment associated with cataract surgery - Not always a benign problem

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 532-535

  Khng, Christopher C W ^a   Voon, L W ^b   Yeo, K T ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corneal decompensation; Descemet stripping; Extracapsular cataract extraction; Penetrating keratoplasty; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035458687     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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