Precut tissue for descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: Complications are from technique, not tissue

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-629

  Terry, Mark A ^a,b,c  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lions Vision Research Laboratory of Oregon   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SURGEON; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 47949132054     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000611356.66299.c1     Document Type: Editorial

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