Influence of final corneal thickness in visual acuity after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Marcon, Alexandre S ^a,b,e   Terry, Mark A ^c,d   Kara José, Newton ^b   Wall, Jennifer ^d   Ousley, Paula J ^d   Hoar, Karen ^c,d  

^a Santa Casa de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Lions Vision Research Laboratory of Oregon   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelium; Pachymetry; Penetrating keratoplasty; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34547481945     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3180415479     Document Type: Article

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