Surgical detachment of Descemet's membrane and endothelium imaged over time by in vivo confocal microscopy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 539-542

  Patel, Dipika V ^a   Phang, Kian Liun ^a   Grupcheva, Christina N ^a   Best, Stephen J ^b   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Cornea; Descemet's membrane break detachment; Endothelium; In vivo confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CAUCASIAN; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RUPTURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 8644239558     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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