Management of Upside-Down Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To present the management of upside-down Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) following combined phacoemulsification with DMEK (phaco-DMEK) in cases of Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (FED).

Methods

This is a comparative interventional case series extracted from a prospective interventional case series (clinical outcome of DMEK combined with phacoemulsification for FED). We report five cases of upside-down DMEK. Two cases of upside-down DMEK were managed with re-orientation and the other two with repeat DMEK. The 5^th case underwent an initial re-orientation and then a subsequent repeat graft. Graft re-orientation and repeat surgery were performed 9-20 days after initial phaco-DMEK. All the five cases were followed up over a 6-month period, and the

SUBMITTER: Bardan AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7337025 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature