Incidence of presumed iatrogenic graft failure in descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 872-875

  Mojica, Gioconda ^a   Padnick Silver, Lissa ^b   MacSai, Marian S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; eye bank; presumed iatrogenic graft failure; surgical experience

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EDEMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; JOB EXPERIENCE; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESUMED IATROGENIC GRAFT FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE BANKS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LEARNING CURVE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84863782206     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8bcc     Document Type: Article

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