Bimanual technique for insertion and positioning of endothelium-descemet membrane graft in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1521-1526

  Güell, Jose L ^a,b   Morral, Merce ^a,c   Gris, Oscar ^a   Elies, Daniel ^a   Manero, Felicidad ^a  

^a Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

corneal edema; corneal endothelium; corneal transplantation; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; BEVEL NEEDLE; BIMANUAL TECHNIQUE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL PUNCH; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE POSITION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IRIDECTOMY; IRIDOTOMY; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANT; OPHTHALMIC CANNULA; OPHTHALMIC HOOK; OPHTHALMIC SCALPEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SPAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84888136428     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182933aee     Document Type: Article

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