Endothelial quality of pre-cut posterior corneal lamellae for Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty with a stromal rim (DMEK-S): Two-year outcome of manual preparation in an ocular tissue bank

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-331

  Krabcova, Ivana ^a,b   Studeny, Pavel ^c   Jirsova, Katerina ^a,b  

^a Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corneal lamella; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty with a stromal rim (DMEK S); Ocular tissue bank; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty; Pre cut tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EVALUATION STUDY; EYEBANK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84878717576     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-012-9327-z     Document Type: Article

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