ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2018
Early Changes in Visual Quality and Corneal Structure after DMEK: Does DMEK Approach Optical Quality of a Healthy Cornea?
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- Effects of Combined Cataract Surgery on Outcomes of Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of anterior corneal scars impairing visual acuity after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) and treatment by phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK).Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
- Corneal Remodeling After DMEK in Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy Patients: Quantitative and Qualitative Changes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Epithelial Thickness Changes After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK): An Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Visual and ultrastructural analysis after splitting of recipient's Descemet membrane during Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.Eye (London, England) · 2025Observational
- Preoperative edema severity affects outcomes after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty for Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: a cohort study.Eye and vision (London, England) · 2025Article
- Study on Visual Quality After Cataract Surgery and Goniosynechialysis in Patients with Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma and Cataracts.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Enhanced Monofocal Intraocular Lenses in Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy Patients: Results from Triple Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Procedure.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Scheimpflug Corneal Densitometry Patterns at the Graft-Host Interface in DMEK and DSAEK: A 12-Month Longitudinal Comparative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Optical quality of the cornea after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty surgery: early results from Türkiye.Korean journal of transplantation · 2023Article
- Ability of routinely collected clinical factors to predict good visual results after primary Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: a cohort study.BMC ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Region of Interest Densitometry Analysis of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Dehiscence on Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography.Translational vision science & technology · 2021Article
- Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK): an update on safety, efficacy and patient selection.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate early changes in visual function and visual quality parameters after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) and to compare the outcomes with healthy controls.
methodsThirteen patients who underwent DMEK and 14 controls were evaluated. All subjects underwent visual function evaluation, including visual acuity under photopic and mesopic lighting conditions and contrast sensitivity (CSV) tests CSV 1000 and Pelli-Robson. Corneal parameters were assessed with Oculus Pentacam. Corneal mean keratometry (Km), corneal densitometry values, and low and high order aberrations (LOA and HOA) were recorded. In DMEK patients, all tests were performed before surgery and 1 and 6 months after surgery.
resultsIn patients who underwent DMEK, photopic visual acuity improved from 0.59 to 0.31 at 1 month (
conclusionsPatients undergoing DMEK present visual function improvement and a decrease in corneal density at 1 month after surgery. Decrease in corneal posterior HOAs can be observed at 6 months. However, visual function outcomes and corneal aberrations remained worse compared with healthy controls.
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