Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-21

  Ang, Marcus ^a,b   Wilkins, Mark R ^a,b   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,c   Tan, Donald ^a,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA DISEASE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84952065231     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-306837     Document Type: Review

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