Descemet's membrane detachment after cataract surgery: Management and outcome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2325-2330

  Marcon, Alexandre S ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a,b   Jones, Matthew R ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BRIMONIDINE; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE DETACHMENT; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INJECTION; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036894718     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01288-5     Document Type: Article

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