Endothelial Cell loss and visual outcome of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty: A randomized multicenter clinical trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-309

  Cheng, Yanny Y Y ^a   Visser, Nienke ^a   Schouten, Jan S ^a   Wijdh, Robert Jan ^b   Pels, Elisabeth ^c   Van Cleynenbreugel, Hugo ^d   Eggink, Catharina A ^e   Zaal, Michel J W ^f   Rijneveld, Wilhelmina J ^g   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Euro Tissue Bank ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g Westfriesgasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79551529765     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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