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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000423099707536

Titolo

DSEK : what you need to know about endothelial keratoplasty / [edited by] Francis W. Price, Jr., Marianne O. Price

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thorofare, NJ : SLACK Inc., c2009

ISBN

9781556428814

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 195 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Classificazione

LC RE336

53.9.78

Altri autori (Persone)

Price, Francis W.

Price, Marianne O.

Disciplina

617.7/190592

Soggetti

Cornea - Transplantation

Refractive Surgical Procedures

Corneal Diseases - surgery

Descemet Membrane - surgery

Endothelium, Corneal - transplantation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Overview of endothelial keratoplasty : past, present, and future / William Culbertson -- From the patient's perspective / Kathy Kelley and Elaine Voci -- Indications and patient selection for endothelial keratoplasty / Francis W. Price, Jr. -- Comparison of endothelial keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty outcomes / Marianne O. Price -- DSEK instrumentation and surgical technique / Francis W. Price, Jr. -- Postoperative care / Francis W. Price, Jr. -- Complications and challenges : prevention and management / Francis W. Price, Jr. -- Special DSEK techniques for Asian eyes / Donald Tan and Jod S. Mehta -- Tips, insights, and techniques from other surgeons -- Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) : the bare minimum / Arthur W. Geibel and Francis W. Price, Jr. -- Air management of posterior grafts / Arthur W. Geibel -- The current status of eye banking : its relationship to corneal surgery and the future / Jake Requard -- Use of eye bank precut vs. surgeon-dissected donor tissue for EK / Mark Gorovoy and Garret Locke -- Frequently asked questions / Kashif M. Baig, Vanessa Ngakeng, and Robert Kwon.