Nonmechanical posterior lamellar keratoplasty using the femtosecond laser (femto-PLAK) for corneal endothelial decompensation

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 769-772

  Seitz, Berthold ^a,b   Langenbucher, Achim ^a   Hofmann Rummelt, Carmen ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; ENUCLEATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE;

EID: 0038028221     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00449-5     Document Type: Article

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