Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: Learning curve of a single surgeon

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1075-1079

  Droutsas, Konstantinos ^a,b,c   Giallouros, Eleftherios ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^b   Chatzistefanou, Klio ^c   Sekundo, Walter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; endothelial keratoplasty; eye bank; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy; graft preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENSITY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURGEON; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EYE BANKS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84880572227     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31828f0e3c     Document Type: Article

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