Intraocular graft unfolding techniques in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Liarakos, Vasilios S ^a,b   Dapena, Isabel ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Van Dijk, Korine ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULA; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DESCEMET GRAFT UNFOLDING; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUSHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPENA MANEUVER; DIRISAMER TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT UNFOLDING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SINGLE SLIDING CANNULA MANEUVER; STANDARD; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CELL COUNT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872343990     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamaophthalmol.4     Document Type: Article

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