Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1659-1664 , October 2009

Descemet membrane automated endothelial keratoplasty: Hybrid technique combining DSAEK stability with DMEK visual results

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 15 April 2009 ,Accepted 3 May 2009.

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  1. Melles GRJ. Posterior lamellar keratoplasty: DLEK to DSEK to DMEK. [editorial] Cornea. 2006;25:879–881
  2. Price MO, Price FW. Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2007;18:290–294
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  4. Kelley K, Voci E. From the patient's perspective. In:  Price FW,  Price MO editor. DSEK: What You Need to Know About Endothelial Keratoplasty. Thorofare, NJ: Slack, Inc; 2009;p. 17–23
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  8. Price MO, Giebel AW, Fairchild KM, Price FW. Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: prospective multicenter study of visual and refractive outcomes and endothelial survival. In press, Ophthalmology. 2009;
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 Drs. Francis and Marianne Price have received travel grants from Moria. No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Supported in part by the Indiana Lions Eye and Tissue Transplant Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00665-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.05.034

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 10 , Pages 1659-1664 , October 2009

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