Inadvertent retention of descemet membrane in penetrating keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 748-749

  Thyagarajan, Sri ^a   Mearza, Ali A ^a   Falcon, Michael G ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane; Penetrating keratoplasty; Retained

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG LASER;

ADULT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; REOPERATION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS;

EID: 33750573350     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000208823.78355.57     Document Type: Article

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