Corneal endothelial viability after femtosecond laser preparation of posterior lamellar discs for Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1118-1122

  Cheng, Yanny Y Y ^a   Pels, Elisabeth ^b   Cleutjens, Jack P M ^a   Van Suylen, Robert J ^a   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelial viability; Endothelial keratoplasty; Femtosecond laser; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34748827329     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31814531d1     Document Type: Article

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