Current Treatment Options for Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Claus Cursiefen, Albert S. Jun.
• Editors: Cursiefen, Claus; Jun, Albert S
• Other Names: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
• Contents: Epidemiology and genetic basis of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy -- MicroRNAs in FED: New therapeutic option? -- Clinical phenotypes of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), disease progression, differential diagnosis, and medical therapy -- Optical and anatomic changes in Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy corneas -- Evolution of posterior lamellar keratoplasty: PK-DLEK-DSEK/DSAEK-DMEK-DMET -- DMEK Graft Preparation: eye bank perspective and risk factors for preparation failure -- Donor-tissue splitting and tissue storage for DALK and DMEK surgery -- DSAEK and UT-DSAEK in FED: Step-by-step approach -- DSAEK (not only) in Asian eyes: What glide to use? Optimized insertion techniques -- Intra- and postoperative complications and their management in DMEK -- DMEK: step-by-step surgical approach -- Complications of Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) surgery -- Revision for failed penetrating keratoplasty in FED -- Long-term clear graft survival and chronic endothelial cell loss following posterior lamellar keratoplasty -- Immune reactions and dry eye after posterior lamellar keratoplasty -- Tissue engineering of a healthy corneal endothelium for FECD patients.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (VIII, 255 pages 71 illustrations, 59 illustrations in color.)
• Subjects: 617.7; Medicine; Ophthalmology; Laparoscopic surgery; Cornea -- Diseases -- Treatment; Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy -- therapy; Medicine; Ophthalmology; Medical -- Surgery -- General; Surgical techniques; Endoscopic surgery; Medical -- Ophthalmology; Ophthalmology; Electronic book; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319430211; 9783319430218; 9783319430195
• Related ISBNs: 331943019X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Print version record.
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