Busin Guide vs Forceps for the Insertion of the Donor Lenticule in Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bahar, Irit ^a   Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Sansanayudh, Wiwan ^a   Levinger, Eliya ^a   Rootman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BUSIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRIDOCORNEO ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; KERATOPLASTY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58249102260     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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