Changes in donor corneal lenticule thickness after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with organ-cultured corneas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-829

  Pogorelov, P ^a   Cursiefen, C ^a   Bachmann, B O ^a   Kruse, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN CULTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 66749168957     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.147389     Document Type: Article

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