Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty with a stromal rim (DMEK-S)

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 909-914

  Studeny, Pavel ^a,b,c   Farkas, Andrej ^a   Vokrojova, Magdalena ^b   Liskova, Petra ^c   Jirsova, Katerina ^c,d  

^a Sokolov Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954285131     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.165134     Document Type: Article

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