Novel surgical instruments facilitating descemet membrane dissection

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-526

  Yoeruek, Efdal ^a   Schmidt, Bartz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet membrane preparation; forceps dissection; surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

4',6' DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

1 POINT FORCEP; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVILINEAR FORCEP; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; HUMANS; MICRODISSECTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84875209303     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182588ae9     Document Type: Article

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