Anterior chamber air bubble to achieve graft attachment after DMEK: Is bigger always better?

Cornea

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 482-485

  Cirkovic, Aleksandar ^a   Beck, Christina ^a   Weller, Julia M ^a   Kruse, Friedrich E ^a   Tourtas, Theofilos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air bubble; Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; DMEK; Graft attachment; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR BUBBLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIAL STATE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TISSUE ADHESION; VERY ELDERLY;

AIR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84955589795     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000753     Document Type: Article

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