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ReviewDer Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft2016

[Treatment of corneal endothelial disorders by DMEK and UT-DSAEK. Indications, complications, results and follow-up].

B Bachmann, F Schaub, C Cursiefen

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Review in Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
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  4. The usefulness of lutein/trypan blue vital dye for the staining of corneal endothelium: a pilot study on DMEK pretreated tissues.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023
    Article
  5. [DMEK in complicated cases of bullous keratopathy after multiple intraocular surgeries].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2021
    Article
  6. [Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in complex eyes].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2019
    Review
  7. Article
  8. [Unclear loss of vision following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2019
    Article
  9. [Technique of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) : Video article].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2018
    Review
  10. Endothelial keratoplasty for Fuchs dystrophy.Romanian journal of ophthalmology
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

B BachmannZentrum für Augenheilkunde, Universität zu Köln, Kerpenerstr. 62, 50937, Köln, Deutschland. bjoern.bachmann@uk-koeln.de.
F SchaubZentrum für Augenheilkunde, Universität zu Köln, Kerpenerstr. 62, 50937, Köln, Deutschland.
C CursiefenZentrum für Augenheilkunde, Universität zu Köln, Kerpenerstr. 62, 50937, Köln, Deutschland.
University of Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various techniques for posterior lamellar keratoplasty have been established for the clinical routine and continuously improved during the last 15 years so that an extremely rapid recovery of vision is possible due to very thin transplants. Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is the method of choice for simple corneal endothelial diseases and has already been applied in complex conditions of the anterior segment. The learning curve for DMEK is comparatively long and the risk of complications in complex anterior segment pathologies is higher than in Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK); however, DMEK results in better visual outcome and less graft rejections than DSAEK. The latest evolution in posterior lamellar transplant surgery is ultrathin DSAEK (UT-DSAEK), where the grafted lamella is much thinner than in conventional DSAEK. Currently available data suggest that the resulting visual acuity after UT-DSAEK is close to the visual acuity seen after DMEK; however, studies comparing the results after DMEK and UT-DSAEK are so far lacking. Whether the transplantation of these very thin DSAEK grafts also results in endothelial cell densities and graft rejection rates comparable to DMEK has to be proven.

Indexed as

Corneal DiseasesDescemet Stripping Endothelial KeratoplastyEvidence-Based MedicineFollow-Up StudiesHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresTissue and Organ HarvestingTreatment OutcomeVision DisordersVisual AcuityFuchs’ endothelial dystrophyOphthalmic surgeonPosterior lamellar keratoplastyTransplantVisual acuity

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PMID26868828
OpenAlexW2257187690

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