Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: A successful alternative to repeat penetrating keratoplasty

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Lee, Bryan S ^a   Stark, Walter J ^a   Jun, Albert S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Graft failure; Graft rejection; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79954508179     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02461.x     Document Type: Article

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