Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of graft detachment after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) without postoperative supine posturing.
Methods:
A total of 106 eyes of 84 patients with Fuchs endot…
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Yogurt technique for Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) graft preparation.
Methods:
This study included patients who underwent DMEK combined or not with phacoemulsification surgery using donor tissues prepared by a surgeon with the DMEK Tzamalis disposable punch at 2 referral hospitals between October 2019 and June 2021. Primary outcomes were duration of graft preparation, surgeon grading of graft quality, and endothelial cell density measured at 1 and 6 months after surgery. Secondary outcomes were best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measured at 1 and 6 months postoperatively and DMEK intraoperative and postoperative complications.
Results:
Forty-nine patients were included in this study. The mean DMEK graft preparation time was 7.2 ± 1.4 minutes. Donor grafts were rated good in 67.3% of cases (33 of 49), sufficient in 24.5% (12 of 49), and poor in 8.2% (4 of 49). Donor mean endothelial cell density was 2580 ± 155 preoperatively, which were reduced to 2269 ± 191 (P
Background/Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to analyze Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) outcomes and develop a nomogram to compute the probability of 3- and 5-year DSEK graft survival based on risk factors.
Study Design/Methods:
The medical records of 794 DSEK procedures between January 1, 2008, and August 1, 2019, were retrospectively reviewed to identify 37 variables. We also evaluated for the presence of corneal graft failure, defined as irreversible and visually significant graft edema, haze, or scarring. Variables were assessed by multivariable Cox models, and a nomogram was created to predict the probability of 3- and 5-year graft survival.
Results:
Graft failure occurred in 80 transplants (10.1%). The strongest risk factors for graft failure included graft detachment [hazard ratio (HR) = 4.46; P
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The purpose of this study was to report a case of corneal transparency for 7 months after the formation and persistence of a Descemet fluid cleft.
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We report the case of a 64-year-old woman undergoing anterior chamber reform…
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical features, causative microorganisms, antibiotic susceptibility, and treatment outcomes in culture-proven microbial keratitis (MK) in patients with Stevens–Johnson syndrome/toxic epiderma…
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Outcomes of Acanthamoeba keratitis are often worse in India than in the United States. The goal of this study was to determine whether antiamoebic susceptibility patterns were different when comparing Acanthamoeba isolates from India with …
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The aim of this study was to describe the clinical presentation and multimodal imaging of a patient diagnosed with infectious crystalline keratitis (ICK) secondary to Mycobacterium chelonae.
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This is a case report of a patie…
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We recently showed that in situ-forming collagen gels crosslinked through multifunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) supported corneal epithelialization 7 days after treatment of lamellar keratectomy wounds. In this study, we aimed to evalu…
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Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is a devastating condition that causes painful corneal abrasions and vision loss. Epidermolysis Bullosa Eye Disease Index (EB-EDI) for the first time captures and quantifies EB-specific assessment of …
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The aim of the current research was to measure the thickness of the residual central corneal bed after performing the manual “Groove and Peel” deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (GP-DALK) technique on human cadaveric eyes.
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