Donor preparation using pneumatic dissection in endothelial keratoplasty: DMEK or DSEK?

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 798-800

  McKee, Hamish D ^a   Irion, Luciane C D ^b   Carley, Fiona M ^d   Jhanji, Vishal ^c   Brahma, Arun K ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b National Specialist Ophthalmic Pathology Service   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NONE

Author keywords

big bubble; Descement stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; DMEK; DSAEK; DSEK; endothelial keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; DONOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PNEUMATIC DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84862888619     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f76a3     Document Type: Article

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