A stepwise approach to donor preparation and insertion increases safety and outcome of descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 580-587

  Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Laaser, Kathrin ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Riss, Stephan ^a   Bachmann, Björn O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; DMEK; endothelial dystrophy; lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIMANUAL UNDERWATER TECHNIQUE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79955072249     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182000e2e     Document Type: Article

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