Surface metrology and 3-Dimensional confocal profiling of femtosecond laser and mechanically dissected ultrathin endothelial lamellae

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5183-5190

  Dickman, Mor M ^a   van Maris, Marc P F H L ^b   van Marion, Friso W ^c   Schuchard, Yvonne ^c   Steijger Vermaat, Petra ^c   van den Biggelaar, Frank J H M ^a   Berendschot, Tos T J M ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Euro Cornea Bank ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelial keratoplasty; Femtosecond laser; Mechanical microkeratome; Surface metrology; Ultrathin grafts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROKERATOME; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; MECHANICAL MICROKERATOME; SURFACE METROLOGY; ULTRATHIN GRAFTS;

DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84907662153     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14309     Document Type: Article

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