Long-term follow-up and complications of stripping Descemet membrane without placement of graft in eyes with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1295-1299

  Arbelaez, Juan G ^a,b   Price, Marianne O ^b   Price, Francis W ^a  

^a PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^b Lautert)   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal edema; Corneal endothelium; Corneal transplant; Descemet stripping; Descemetorhexis; DMEK; DMET; DSAEK; DSEK; Endothelial keratoplasty; Fuchs endothelial dystrophy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMETORHEXIS; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; DRY EYE; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUCHS ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STRIPPING DESCEMET MEMBRANE; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL EDEMA; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84920747244     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000270     Document Type: Article

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