Optical quality of the cornea after descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Dijk, Korine ^a   Droutsas, Konstantinos ^a,b   Hou, Jingzhen ^a   Sangsari, Sassan ^a   Liarakos, Vasilios S ^a   Melles, Gerrit R J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATIVE OCULAR SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84902550571     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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