Suture technique for Descemet stripping and endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1123-1126

  Macsai, Marian Sue ^a,b,d   Kara Jose, Andrea Cotait ^b,c  

^a Division of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Descemet stripping and endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelium; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy; Surgical technique; Suture technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KERATOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ACUITY;

CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34748838385     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318124a443     Document Type: Article

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