Graft rejection and graft failure after penetrating keratoplasty or posterior lamellar keratoplasty for fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hjortdal, Jesper ^a   Pedersen, Iben B ^a   Bak Nielsen, Sashia ^a   Ivarsen, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; graft rejection; graft survival; penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876285267     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182687ff3     Document Type: Article

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