Prevention and management of graft detachment in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 280-291

  Dirisamer, Martin ^a,b   Van Dijk, Korine ^b   Dapena, Isabel ^b   Ham, Lisanne ^b   Oganes, Oganesyan ^d   Frank, Laurence E ^c   Melles, Gerrit R J ^b  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MOSCOW HELMHOLTZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EYE DISEASES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCEMET GRAFT DETACHMENT; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84858611821     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.343     Document Type: Article

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