Femtosecond laser-assisted endothelial keratoplasty: A laboratory model

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 706-712

  Mehta, Jodhbir Singh ^a,b   Parthasarthy, Anand ^a,b   Por, Yong Ming ^a   Cajucom Uy, Howard ^a   Beuerman, Roger Wilmer ^a,b,c   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corneal transplant; Endothelial keratoplasty; Femtosecond laser; Lamellar graft

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMTOSECOND LASER ASSISTED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DIODE LASER; METHODOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 47949120544     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815ee267     Document Type: Article

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