Descemet stripping with automated endothelial keratoplasty for bullous keratopathies secondary to argon laser iridotomy-preliminary results and usefulness of double-glide donor insertion technique

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Yokogawa, Hideaki ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon laser iridotomy; Bullous keratopathies; Descemet stripping with automated endothelial keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING WITH AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE; AUTOMATION; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; IRIS; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOMATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 51649106309     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31817f38e9     Document Type: Article

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