A Technique to Excise the Descemet Membrane from a Recipient Cornea (Descemetorhexis)

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-288

  Melles, Gerrit R J ^a,b,c,d   Wijdh, Robert H J ^b   Nieuwendaal, Carla P ^c  

^a Netherlands Inst Innov Ocular S   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane; Endothelium; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMETORHEXIS; EXCISION; EYEBANK; HUMAN; INCISION; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MICROSCOPY; POSTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMANS;

EID: 1642545586     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200404000-00011     Document Type: Article

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