Long-term corneal clarity after spontaneous repair of an iatrogenic descemetorhexis in a patient with Fuchs dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 886-888

  Koenig, Steven B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal edema; Descemetorhexis; DMEK; DSAEK

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RIMEXOLONE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER LENS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEAL CLARITY; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMETORHEXIS; EPITHELIZATION; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FUCHS CORNEA DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR CHAMBER LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SPECTACLES; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84879181329     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182886aaa     Document Type: Article

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