Primary graft failure after descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: Clinico-pathological study

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 722-726

  Mehta, Jodhbir Singh ^a,b   Chua, Jocelyn ^a   Poh, Rebekah ^b   Beuerman, Roger Wilmer ^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

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; Electron microscopy; Endothelial keratoplasty; Histopathology; Keratocyte degeneration; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty; Primary graft failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY; STROMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 47949124994     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815e92ac     Document Type: Article

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