Impact of the Descemet Membrane Perforation on Surgical Outcomes After Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 750-754

  Den, Seika ^a   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PERFORATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247138005     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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