The S-stamp in Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Safely Eliminates Upside-down Graft Implantation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 161-164

  Veldman, Peter B ^a,b   Dye, Philip K ^c   Holiman, Jeffrey D ^c   Mayko, Zachary M ^c   Sales, Christopher S ^b   Straiko, Michael D ^b   Galloway, Joshua D ^c   Terry, Mark A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Lions VisionGift   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC PRIMARY GRAFT FAILURE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROMAL SIDED S STAMP PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PREPARATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORNEA; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84951907445     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.08.044     Document Type: Article

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