Descemet membrane endothelial transfer: "Free-floating" donor descemet implantation as a potential alternative to "keratoplasty"

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-197

  Dirisamer, Martin ^a,b   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Dapena, Isabel ^a   Van Dijk, Korine ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; endothelium; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy; posterior lamellar keratoplasty; surgical technique

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84855852679     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31821c9afc     Document Type: Article

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