Femtosecond laser creation of donor cornea buttons for Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1970-1975

  Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a   Shilbayeh, Rania ^a   Por, Yong Ming ^a   Cajucom Uy, Howard ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a   Tan, Donald T ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 55849144748     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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