Making the transition from PK to DSEK: Experiences during the learning curve

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-292

  Ólafsdóttir, Eydís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

DSEK; endothelial keratoplasty; Fuchs'; lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79955009067     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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