Histologic evaluation of human posterior lamellar discs for femtosecond laser descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Cheng, Yanny Y Y ^a   Kang, Shin J ^b   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^b   Pels, Elisabeth ^c   Duimel, Hans J Q ^d   Frederik, Peter M ^d   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Electron microscopy; Femtosecond laser; Histology; Organ culture; Posterior lamellar disc

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTERIOR LAMELLAR DISK; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 62149135774     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318183a379     Document Type: Article

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