- Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty
- a type of endothelial keratoplasty in which the posterior limiting lamina (Descemet membrane) is removed and replaced along with the overlying endothelium.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty
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