Experiences with a new corneal suction trephine.
The importance of exact trephining for successful keratoplasty is well known. We employ a new suction trephine, thus obtaining exact and sharp cutting margines which are examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The first observed clinical results in 25 cases are good.
Franke
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Department of Ophthalmology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald, GDR.
Wilhelm
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Deutschmann
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Pedal
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D003315:Cornea / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013396:Suction