Confocal microscopy after descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty: A case report

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 570-574

  Savastano, Alfonso ^a,d   Sbordone, Sandro ^a   Piccirillo, Valerio ^b   Forte, Renato ^b   Tamburini, Luigi ^b   Savastano, Maria Cristina ^c   Savastano, Silvio ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Santa Scolastica Hospital   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67650593527     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181896784     Document Type: Article

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