Pneumatic dissection and storage of donor endothelial tissue for Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty: A novel technique

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1517-1520

  Busin, Massimo ^a,b,c   Scorcia, Vincenzo ^a,b   Patel, Amit K ^a,c   Salvalaio, Gianni ^c   Ponzin, Diego ^c  

^a Villa Serena Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA LIMBUS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMATIC DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; CELL COUNT; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77955473209     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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