Techniques for posterior lamellar keratoplasty through a scleral incision;Techniken der posterioren lamellären keratoplastik über einen skleralen zugang

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 689-695

  Melles, G R J ^a,b   Kamminga, N ^c  

^a Netherlands Inst Innov Ocular S   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Lamellar keratoplasty; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADHESIOLYSIS; ADHESION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HAZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRIS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MICROSCISSOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VISCOELASTICITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141571267     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-003-0891-2     Document Type: Article

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