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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

Clinical outcomes of DMEK comparing endothelium-out injector and endothelium-in pull-through techniques in Asian eyes.

Ezekiel Ze Ken Cheong, Clarissa Ng Yin Ling, Qiu Ying Wong, Chloe Si Qi Chua, Hla Myint Htoon, Marcus Ang

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ezekiel Ze Ken CheongOphthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Clarissa Ng Yin LingSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Qiu Ying WongSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Chloe Si Qi ChuaSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Hla Myint HtoonOphthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Marcus AngOphthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a prospective interventional study of 180 consecutive Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) cases, comparing injector (endothelium-out) and pull-through (endothelium-in) surgical techniques in Asian eyes. The main outcome measures were 5-year graft survival and intraoperative and postoperative complications. In our study, a pull-through technique for DMEK was employed more frequently in PBK (66.2%) than in FECD (10.7%) eyes (

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clinical outcomesDescemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK)endothelium-ingraft survivalpull-throughsurgical techniques

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PMID40248087
PMCPMC12003366

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