DSAEK: Practical approach to choose the microkeratome head on the basis of donor cornea pachymetry

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-234

  Wisse, Robert P L ^a   Achterberg, Jens A ^a   Van Der Lelij, Allegonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DSAEK; Endothelial cell density; Endothelial keratoplasty; Graft thickness; Pachymetry; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84894046720     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000042     Document Type: Article

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