ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Assessing the Learning Curve for DMEK Using Post-Procedural Clinical Outcomes-Comparison of Four Different Surgeons during Two Different Periods.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Learning curve and procedural standardization in liquid-bubble DMEK: impact on preparation efficiency, complication rates, and endothelial cell survival.International ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Recurrent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after primary vitrectomy by surgeons in training - incidence and predictive factors.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Effect of the use of intraoperative optical coherence tomography in descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Graft Preparation Using the Liquid Bubble Technique with Subtrabecular Hydrodissection: A Retrospective Real-Life Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Focus on seed cells: stem cells in 3D bioprinting of corneal grafts.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Review
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Abstract
purposeEvaluating the learning curve of individual surgeons for Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) and Triple-DMEK and assessing outcome with experience.
methodsThe first 41 and the last 41 surgeries of each of the four surgeons were retrospectively included. Surgery duration and graft preparation time were recorded. Corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA, logMAR) and central corneal thickness (CCT, µm) were collected preoperatively after 6 and 12 months, as well as postoperative complications, e.g., re-bubbling or repeat penetrating keratoplasty.
resultsSurgical duration for Triple-DMEK and DMEK decreased significantly by 21 min and 14 min between the two periods (
conclusionSignificant decrease in surgery duration, graft preparation time, and the re-bubbling rate can be attributed to gained individual experience.
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