Femtosecond laser posterior lamellar keratoplasty: A laboratory model

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-333

  Sarayba, Melvin A ^a,d   Juhasz, Tibor ^c   Chuck, Roy S ^a,b   Ignacio, Teresa S ^a   Nguyen, Thao B ^a   Sweet, Paula ^a   Kurtz, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond; Keratoplasty; Lamellar; Laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744370477     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000138830.50112.f4     Document Type: Article

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