Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: Insertion using a novel 40/60 underfold technique for preservation of donor endothelium

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 941-943

  Chen, Edwin S ^a   Terry, Mark A ^a,b   Shamie, Neda ^a   Phillips, Paul M ^a   Friend, Daniel J ^b   McLeod, Stephen D ^c  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lions Vision Research Laboratory of Oregon   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea transplant; Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; Donor insertion; Endothelial keratoplasty; Graft insertion; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FORCEPS; HAND; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOLD; ROTATION; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA DISEASE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 50549098243     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318175797b     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Terry MA, Ousley PJ. Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty visual acuity, astigmatism, and endothelial survival in a large prospective series. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:1541-1548.
2. Price MO, Price FW Jr. Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty: comparative outcomes with microkeratome-dissected and manually dissected donor tissue. Ophthalmology. 2006;113:1936-1942.
3. Melles GR, Wijdh RH, Nieuwendaal CP. A technique to excise the Descemet membrane from a recipient cornea (descemetorhexis). Cornea. 2004;23:286-288.
4. Melles GR, Lander F, Beekhuis WH, et al. Posterior lamellar keratoplasty for a case of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy. Am J Ophthalmol. 1999; 127:340-341.
5. Gorovoy MS. Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. Cornea. 2006;25:886-889.
6. Terry MA, Ousley PJ. Small-incision deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK): six-month results in the first prospective clinical study. Cornea. 2005;24:59-65.
7. Ousley PJ, Terry MA. Stability of vision, topography, and endothelial cell density from 1 year to 2 years after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty surgery. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:50-57.
8. Fogla R, Padmanabhan P. Initial results of small incision deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK). Am J Ophthalmol. 2006;141:346-351.
9. Vajpayee RB, Agarwal T, Jhanji V, et al. Modification in Descemetstripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: "hitch suture" technique. Cornea. 2006;25:1060-1062.
10. Koenig SB, Dupps WJ Jr, Covert DJ, et al. Simple technique to unfold the donor corneal lenticule during Descemet's stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007;33:189-190.
11. John T. Use of indocyanine green in deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2003;29:437-443.
12. Terry MA, Wall JM, Hoar KL, et al. A prospective study of endothelial cell loss during the 2 years after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty. Ophthalmology. 2007;114:631-639.
13. Koenig SB, Covert DJ. Early results of small-incision Descemet's stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty. Ophthalmology. 2007; 114:221-226.
14. Yepes N, Segev F, Hyams M, et al. Five-millimeter-incision deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty: one-year results. Cornea. 2007;26:530-533.
15. Heidemann DG, Dunn SP, Chow CY. Comparison of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy. Cornea. 2008;27:161-167.
16. Koenig SB, Covert DJ, Dupps WJ Jr, Meister DM. Visual acuity, refractive error and endothelial cell density six months after Descemet stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). Cornea. 26(6), 670-674 (2007).
17. Terry MA, Chen ES, Shamie N, et al. Endothelial cell loss after Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty in a large prospective series. Ophthalmology. 2008;115:488-496.
18. Price MO, Price FW Jr. Endothelial cell loss after Descemet stripping with endothelial keratoplasty influencing factors and 2-year trend. Ophthalmology. 115(5), 857-865 (2008).
19. Melles GR. Posterior lamellar keratoplasty: DLEK to DSEK to DMEK. Cornea. 2006;25:879-881.
20. Terry MA, Hoar KL, Wall J, et al. Histology of dislocations in endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK and DLEK): a laboratory-based, surgical solution to dislocation in 100 consecutive DSEK cases. Cornea. 2006;25:926-932.