Comparison of central corneal graft thickness to visual acuity outcomes in endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-391

  Neff, Kristiana D ^a   Biber, Joseph M ^b,c   Holland, Edward J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Eye Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial keratoplasty; optical coherence tomography; precut corneal tissue

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952989175     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181f236c6     Document Type: Article

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