Identifying causes for poor visual outcome after DSEK/DSAEK following secondary DMEK in the same eye

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Dirisamer, Martin ^a,b   Parker, Jack ^a   Naveiras, Miguel ^a   Liarakos, Vasilios S ^a   Ham, Lisanne ^a   Van Dijk, Korine ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; graft thickness; posterior lamellar keratoplasty; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETREATMENT; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84874245092     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02504.x     Document Type: Article

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