Influence of the difficulty of graft unfolding and attachment on the outcome in descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 895-900

  Maier, Anna Karina B ^a   Gundlach, Enken ^a   Schroeter, Jan ^a   Klamann, Matthias K J ^a   Gonnermann, Johannes ^a   Riechardt, Aline I ^a   Bertelmann, Eckart ^a   Joussen, Antonia M ^a   Torun, Necip ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DMEK; Donor characteristics; Grading system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ADHESION;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84929954274     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-015-2939-9     Document Type: Article

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