Clinical and ultrastructural characteristics of graft failure in DMEK: 1-year results after repeat DMEK

Cornea

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-17

  Ćirković, Aleksandar ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^a   Weller, Julia M ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Tourtas, Theofilos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Graft failure; Repeat DMEK

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL VOLUME; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY; IRIDOTOMY; KERATOPATHY; MALE; METAPLASIA; OPHTHALMIC NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; REOPERATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84916917716     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000295     Document Type: Article

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