Novel technique for the preparation of corneal grafts for descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 851-859

  Muraine, Marc ^a   Gueudry, Julie ^a   He, Zhiguo ^b   Piselli, Simone ^a   Lefevre, Sabine ^a   Toubeau, David ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PARTIAL DETACHMENT OF THE DESCEMET; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84886099842     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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