Endothelial keratoplasty: DSEK/DSAEK or DMEK - The thinner the better?

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-307

  Dapena, Isabel ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelium

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE PREPARATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67651012866     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32832b8d18     Document Type: Review

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