A modified technique for descemet membrane stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty to minimize endothelial cell loss

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1133-1137

  Busin, Massimo ^a,b   Bhatt, Priya R ^c   Scorcia, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a Villa Serena Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 49449089875     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.8.1133     Document Type: Article

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