Impact of Donor Age on Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Outcome: Evaluation of Donors Aged 17–55 Years

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-127

  Schaub, Friederike ^a   Enders, Philip ^a   Zachewicz, Jonas ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^a   Stanzel, Tisha P ^a,b   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Bachmann, Björn O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL TISSUE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EROSION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; KERATITIS; LENS LUXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR FIBROSIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR CHAMBER LENS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986001207     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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