Experience and 12-month results of Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) with a small-incision technique

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-283

  Mearza, Ali A ^a,b   Qureshi, Muhammad A ^a   Rostron, Chad K ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corneal transplant; Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Graft dislocation; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADHESION; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA SURGERY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUOROCARBONS; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSURGERY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34147112719     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31802cd8c2     Document Type: Article

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