Whole globe enucleation versus in situ excision for donor corneal retrieval - A prospective comparative study

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1103-1108

  Jhanji, Vishal ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Donor eye retrieval; Donor infection; Endothelial cell count; Equivalence study; Graft clarity; Graft thickness; In situ corneal excision; Whole globe enucleation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENUCLEATION; EXCISION; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BACTERIUM; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA ULCER; DONOR; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGUS; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ULCER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749131431     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31817f812e     Document Type: Article

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