Impact of graft thickness on visual acuity after Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-249

  Shinton, Anthony J ^a   Tsatsos, Michael ^b   Konstantopoulos, Aris ^b   Goverdhan, Srini ^b   Elsahn, Ahmad F ^b   Anderson, David F ^b   Hossain, Parwez ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL GRAFT THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84863393714     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300462     Document Type: Article

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