A Comparison of the Corneal Thickness Following Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty and Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.
Curr Eye Res
; 48(8): 712-718, 2023 08.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To compare the central corneal thickness before and after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), and to evaluate the recipient corneal thickness following DSAEK.METHODS:
The corneal thickness was compared between two groups of eyes following DMEK and DSAEK, performed by a single surgeon between 2015 and 2017. We evaluated the recipient corneal thickness and central corneal thickness pre- and postoperatively at 1, 3, and 6 months using anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Recipient corneal thickness was defined as the corneal thickness without graft thickness.RESULTS:
We included DMEK and DSAEK eyes (n = 26 each), which were similar in terms of their etiologies. Preoperatively, there was no significant difference in the central corneal thickness between the groups (DSAEK, median [interquartile range] 721 [606.5 to 847.8] µm; and DMEK 690 [618 to 722.3] µm; p = 0.30). Despite the tendency of the central corneal thickness to be significantly greater (p < .01) at 6 months following DSAEK (619.5 [607.8 to 661.3] µm) compared with that following DMEK (497.5 [475.8 to 525.3] µm), there was no significant difference at 6 months between the recipient corneal thickness following DSAEK (488.5 [443.8 to 515] µm) and central corneal thickness following DMEK (p = 0.54).CONCLUSIONS:
DSAEK eyes display a similar tendency of stromal thinning as DMEK eyes.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Lâmina Limitante Posterior
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Ceratoplastia Endotelial com Remoção da Lâmina Limitante Posterior
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Eye Res
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
País de afiliação:
Japão