Novel maneuver facilitating Descemet membrane unfolding in the anterior chamber

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 370-373

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet membrane preparation; forceps dissection; surgical technique maneuver

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INCISION; KERATOPATHY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84873990133     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318254fa06     Document Type: Article

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