Protective effects of deswelling on stromal collagen denaturation after a corneal femtosecond laser cut

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4148-4157

  Rossi, Marco ^a   Mistò, Raffaela ^b   Gatto, Claudio ^c   Garimoldi, Paolo ^a   Campanelli, Marino ^b   Tóthová, Jana D'Amato ^c  

^a BUSTO ARSIZIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ALCHIMIA Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen denaturation; Corneal deswelling; DSAEK and femtosecond laser assisted DSAEK; Lamellar graft smoothness; Laser energy settings; Microkeratome cut; Scanning electron microscopy; THIN C

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANALYZER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL DESWELLING; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROKERATOME; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC FEMTOSECOND LASER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

COLLAGEN DENATURATION; CORNEAL DESWELLING; DSAEK AND FEMTOSECOND LASER-ASSISTED DSAEK; LAMELLAR GRAFT SMOOTHNESS; LASER ENERGY SETTINGS; MICROKERATOME CUT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN-C;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DEXTRANS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SWINE;

EID: 84879307543     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10818     Document Type: Article

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