Descemet membrane air-bubble separation in donor corneas

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2022-2027

  Venzano, Davide ^a   Pagani, Paola ^b   Randazzo, Nadia ^b   Cabiddu, Francesco ^b   Traverso, Carlo Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CELL COUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 78649515485     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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