Eye bank issues: II. Preservation techniques: Warm versus cold storage

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-163

  Elisabeth, Pels ^a   Hilde, Beele ^b   Ilse, Claerhout ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eye banking; Hypothermic storage; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYEBANK; FREEZING; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATITIS; LASER SURGERY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ORGAN CULTURE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 43049143921     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9086-1     Document Type: Article

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