Sixty-kilohertz femtosecond laser-assisted endothelial keratoplasty: Clinical results and stromal bed quality evaluation

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Monterosso, Cristina ^a   Fasolo, Adriano ^b   Caretti, Luigi ^c   Monterosso, Gianluca ^d   Buratto, Lucio ^e   Böhm, Elisabetta ^a  

^a Dell'Angelo Hospital   (Italy)

^b The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^c S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SS Giovanni e Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^e Centro Ambrosiano di Microchirurgia Oculare   (Italy)

Author keywords

cornea; cornea transplantation; endothelial keratoplasty; femtosecond laser; IntraLase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISSECTION; DONOR; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLIT LAMP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 78651347436     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ead924     Document Type: Article

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