Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): First UK prospective study of 1-year visual outcomes, graft survival and endothelial cell count

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-169

  Reid, Robert A ^a   Craig, Ewan A ^a   Suleman, Hanif ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84921507844     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305956     Document Type: Article

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