Back-up procedure for graft failure in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK)

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-244

  Dapena, Isabel ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Van Luijk, Chantal ^a   Van Der Wees, Jacqueline ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 76149131364     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.160945     Document Type: Article

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