Comparison of pneumatic dissection and forceps dissection in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: Histological and ultrastructural findings

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 920-925

  Yoeruek, Efdal ^a   Bayyoud, Tarek ^a   Hofmann, Johanna ^a   Szurman, Peter ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

air dissection; apoptosis; Descemet membrane; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; forceps dissection

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PRESSURE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84863785263     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f7870     Document Type: Article

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