Mathematical and computer simulation modelling of intracameral forces causing pupil block due to air bubble use in Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty: The mechanics of iris buckling

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-186

  Lockington, David ^a   Luo, Xiaoyu ^b   Wang, Huiming ^c   Hill, Nick A ^b   Ramaesh, Kanna ^a  

^a Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DSEK; Floppy iris syndrome; Intracameral forces; Iris buckling; Pupil block mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACAMERAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRIS DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PUPIL BLOCK; PUPIL DISEASE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AIR; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; HUMANS; IRIS DISEASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRESSURE; PUPIL DISORDERS;

EID: 84858443548     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02653.x     Document Type: Article

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