A New User-Friendly and Affordable Method in Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty

AIMS: To describe a new technique in Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this technique, we use easily available materials (mainly a Nelaton tube) to make an injector for loading DSAEK lenticule and also easily pulling it (using a gauge 23 needle)...

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Autores principales: Soleimani, Mohammad, Tabatabaei, Seyed Ali, Mirshahi, Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2018
Materias:
Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6118034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30197719
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874364101812010242
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Sumario:AIMS: To describe a new technique in Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this technique, we use easily available materials (mainly a Nelaton tube) to make an injector for loading DSAEK lenticule and also easily pulling it (using a gauge 23 needle) into the eye. In this paper, we report outcomes of this technique in four cases. RESULTS: Using these available instruments could easily lead to a clear postoperative cornea. Mean Endothelial Cell Density (ECD) loss at sixth postoperative month was 26%. CONCLUSION: We proposed a novel effective user-friendly and affordable technique to perform DSAEK.

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