MeSH definition : A surgical procedure or KERATOPLASTY involving selective stripping and replacement
of diseased host DESCEMET MEMBRANE and CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM with a suitable and healthy
donor posterior lamella. The advantage to this procedure is that the normal corneal
surface of the recipient is retained, thereby avoiding corneal surface incisions and
sutures.;
A surgical procedure or KERATOPLASTY involving selective stripping and replacement
of diseased host DESCEMET MEMBRANE and CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM with a suitable and healthy
donor posterior lamella. The advantage to this procedure is that the normal corneal
surface of the recipient is retained, thereby avoiding corneal surface incisions and
sutures.