Secondary DMEK for poor visual outcome after DSEK: Donor posterior stroma may limit visual acuity in endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1278-1283

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

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; endothelium; graft thickness; posterior lamellar keratoplasty; surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYEGLASSES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78149283617     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181cda01a     Document Type: Article

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