Challenges of DMEK Technique with Young Corneal Donors' Grafts: Surgical Keys for Success-A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report on the surgical maneuvers recommended for a successful unfolding of very young donors in order to accomplish an uneventful Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) surgery.

Methods

Five patients (three females and two males, mean age 71.2 ± 6.7 years) with Fuchs endothelial cell dystrophy who underwent DMEK with very young donors (between 20 and 30 years old) were included. The following demographic data were assessed: donor's age, donor's endothelial cell density (ECD), preservation time, recipient's age and sex and unfolding surgical time. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA; decimal system), ECD and corneal central thickness (CCT) were assessed preoperatively and at 6-month follow-up.

Results

Donors' mean age was 23.6 ± 3.6 years (range 21

SUBMITTER: Arino-Gutierrez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10573660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature