Visual acuity following descemet-membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): First 100 cases operated on for fuchs endothelial dystrophy;Visus nach Descemet-Membran Endothelkeratoplastik (DMEK): Ergebnisse der ersten 100 Eingriffe bei Fuchsscher Endotheldystrophie

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 467-477

  Droutsas, K ^a,b   Ham, L ^a   Dapena, I ^a   Geerling, G ^c   Oellerich, S ^a   Melles, G ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cornea; physiological optics; refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPLICATION; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VISION, LOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77953841232     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245446     Document Type: Article

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