Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty: Safety and Outcomes. A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1818-1830

  Lee, W Barry ^a   Jacobs, Deborah S ^a   Musch, David C ^a   Kaufman, Stephen C ^a   Reinhart, William J ^a   Shtein, Roni M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL LOSS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 69249208489     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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