Donor lamella thickness after ultrathin Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and its relation to postoperative visual acuity and pre-operative lamella measures

Autor: Jeroen van Rooij, Angela Engel, Petra Steijger-Vermaat, Annemieke Molenaar, Juan Pedro Vigueras-Guillén, René J. Wubbels
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Ophthalmology, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-023-03019-8
Popis: Abstract Background To accurately measure ultrathin Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) donor lamella thickness during the first postoperative year and to correlate this with pre-operative and other postoperative measurements. Methods Donor lamella thickness in 41 eyes undergoing DSAEK for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (FED) was measured using the Tomey Casia OCT directly after graft preparation and at 1 week and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively. Visual acuity and endothelial cell density were measured as the secondary parameters. Results Individual graft thickness profiles were shown to be fairly regular within the optically relevant area. There was a strong and highly significant correlation between the pre- and postoperative lamellar thicknesses at all time points (p
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