Slit-lamp technique of draining interface fluid following Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1202-1205

  Srinivasan, Sathish ^a,b   Rootman, David S ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548315915     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.121012     Document Type: Article

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