Preparation of donor lamellar tissue for deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty using a microkeratome and artificial anterior chamber system: Endothelial cell loss and predictability of lamellar thickness

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Kang, Paul C ^a   McEntire, Marshall W ^b   Thompson, Clinton J ^a   Moshirfar, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Utah Lions Eye Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOPLASTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 26244432386     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20050901-06     Document Type: Article

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