Use of accidentally torn descemet membrane to successfully complete descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1418-1422

  Tourtas, Theofilos ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^b   Kopsachilis, Nikolaos ^a   Bachmann, Bjoern O ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Descemets membrane tear; graft preparation; lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84886097270     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182a6ea4f     Document Type: Article

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