Comparison of the femtosecond laser (IntraLase) versus manual microkeratome (Moria ALTK) in dissection of the donor in endothelial keratoplasty initial study in eye bank eyes

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-93

  Jones, Yian Jin ^a   Goins, Kenneth Mark ^a   Sutphin, John E ^a   Mullins, Robert ^a   Skeie, Jessica M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal transplant; Endothelial keratoplasty; Femtosecond

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; DONOR; ECHOGRAPHY; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 40449128291     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815771f5     Document Type: Article

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