Corneal graft survival after prolonged storage in Optisol-GS

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 976-979

  Wagoner, Michael D ^a   Gonnah, El Sayed ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Corneal epithelium; Corneal transplantation; Graft survival; Optisol GS storage medium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STORAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

CELL COUNT; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DEXTRANS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28044473009     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000159731.52801.b6     Document Type: Article

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