Five-Year Outcomes of Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

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Silvana Madi · Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio dei Carcinomi dell’Apparato Digerente

Pia Leon · Ospedale San Paolo

Yoav Nahum · Tel Aviv University

Sergio D’Angelo · University of Ferrara

Giuseppe Giannaccare · University of Bologna

Jacqueline Beltz · The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

Massimo Busin

Abstract

UT-DSAEK grafts allow excellent 5-year outcomes, including BSCVA, endothelial cell density, and survival rates comparable with those recorded post-Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, but with a higher immunologic rejection rate.

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Corneal surgery and disorders Corneal Surgery and Treatments Glaucoma and retinal disorders

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Published in: Cornea

Volume 38, Issue 9, pp. 1192-1197

DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000001999

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Five-Year Outcomes of Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

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