Endothelial keratoplasty without descemet's membrane stripping: Histologic and ultrastructural findings

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-60

  Nikolic, Ljubisa ^a   Jovanovic, Vesna ^a   Lackovic, Vesna ^b   Todorovic, Vera ^c  

^a University Eye Hospital KBC 'Zvezdara'   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Descemet's membrane; Endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelium

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; LAMELLAR BODY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CICATRIX; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349893507     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000246579     Document Type: Article

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