First 100: Learning curve for descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 865-869

  Pillar, Shani ^a   Tessler, Gili ^a   Dreznik, Ayelet ^a   Bor, Elite ^a   Kaiserman, Igor ^b   Bahar, Irit ^a,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; DSAEK; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT DISLOCATION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DONOR; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84885901849     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ejo.5000308     Document Type: Article

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