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Optical characteristics after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: 1-year results.
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- Association between corneal edema and corneal astigmatism after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.BMC ophthalmology · 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
- Intracellular dark endothelial spots detected using specular microscopy are associated with graft failure after Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Review of the Literature: Surgery Indications for Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Corneal Characteristics After Small-Diameter DMEK Graft for Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy-Long-Term Observation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The progress and future of corneal endothelial transplantation.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2024Review
- Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) Reduces the Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Fuchs' Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Risk factors for intraocular pressure elevation following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in Asian patients.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Article
- Optimizing intraocular lens power calculation using adjusted conventional keratometry for cataract surgery combined with Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022Article
- Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in eyes withAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022Article
- Evaluation of corneal nerves and dendritic cells by in vivo confocal microscopy after Descemet's membrane keratoplasty for bullous keratopathy.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Changes in Corneal Parameters after DMEK Surgery: A Swept-Source Imaging Analysis at 12-Month Follow-Up Time.Journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Toric IOL in Combined DMEK and Cataract Surgery.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the corneal characteristics after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) compared with normal corneas.
methodsPatients who underwent DMEK at Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital were included and prospectively evaluated pre-operatively and at postoperative months 1, 3, 6, and 12, and compared to healthy controls. Corneal characteristics evaluated included corneal curvature (keratometric value [KV]; D), central corneal thickness (CCT), peripheral corneal thickness (PCT), and corneal higher-order aberrations [HOAs] at 6.0 mm diameter, calculated by anterior segment optical coherence tomography and logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution [logMAR].
resultsA total of 30 eyes of 30 patients (6 men, 24 women, mean age 73.4 ± 7.4 years) were included and compared with 31 age-matched healthy control eyes (13 men, 18 women; mean age 73.0 ± 6.7 years). LogMAR after DMEK improved from 0.87 ± 0.07 preoperatively to 0.04 ± 0.07 at 12 months postoperatively (p<0.001). Although anterior KVs of DMEK eyes were similar to those of control eyes, posterior KVs were significantly larger (-6.4 ± 0.3 D vs. -6.3 ± 0.2 D; p = 0.02). Total HOAs after DMEK improved from 1.94 ± 1.05 μm preoperatively to 1.05 ± 0.16 μm at 12 months postoperatively (p<0.001), which was significantly higher than that in control eyes (0.63 ± 0.06) (p<0.001). Despite the similar CCTs in the two groups, the PCT was significantly larger in DMEK eyes (704 ± 41 μm vs 669 ± 38 μm, p = 0.002) at 12 months.
conclusionDespite achieving good visual function and excellent corneal clarity, eyes that underwent DMEK showed a steeper posterior KV and higher corneal HOAs than normal eyes even at 12 months after surgery.
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