Histological and ultrastructural findings of corneal tissue after failed descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Yoeruek, Efdal ^a   Hofmann, Johanna ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; descemet membrane preparation; graft failure; histological analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL KERATOCYTES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84896951183     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12116     Document Type: Article

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