Anterior Chamber Inflammation and Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: An Anterior Segment-OCT-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess anterior chamber (AC) subclinical inflammation using a noninvasive method in patients undergoing Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).

Design

Retrospective interventional case series.

Participants

This study included 83 eyes from 73 patients who underwent DMEK surgery and 15 control eyes from 15 healthy individuals.

Methods

The number of hyperreflective dots representing AC cells and optical density ratio (aqueous-to-air relative intensity [ARI] index) for flare quantification were calculated from anterior segment-OCT images. Aqueous-to-air relative intensity index and AC cells were calculated preoperatively and postoperatively at 1 week (T1), 1 month (T2), and 3 months (T3) after DMEK surgery. Baseline values were compared with a

SUBMITTER: Vaccaro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12613106 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature