Fook Chang Lam1,2, Lamis Baydoun1,3,4, Maria Satué1,3, Martin Dirisamer1,5, Lisanne Ham1,3,4, Gerrit R J Melles6,7,8. 1. Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2. Worthing and St Richard's Hospital, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Worthing, UK. 3. Melles Cornea Clinic Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 4. Amnitrans Eye Bank Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 5. Allgemeines Krankenhaus Linz, Linz, Austria. 6. Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. research@niios.com. 7. Melles Cornea Clinic Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. research@niios.com. 8. Amnitrans Eye Bank Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. research@niios.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the 1-year clinical outcome after semi-circular Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (hemi-DMEK) in a first case series. METHODS: In three eyes of three patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), endothelial cell density (ECD), pachymetry, and intra- and postoperative complications were evaluated after transplantation of a semi-circular ~12 mm diameter Descemet graft (hemi-DMEK graft). RESULTS: All corneas cleared within 6 months and showed a stable pachymetry thereafter (527, 535, and 490 μm, respectively). Compared to preoperative measurements, average central ECDs dropped by 51 % (56, 39, and 59 %, respectively) at 3 months, 53 % (57, 38, and 63 %, respectively) at 6 months, and 59 % (60, 47, and 71 %, respectively) at 12 months. Denuded stromal areas adjacent to the hemi-DMEK graft cleared and at 12 months peripheral ECD counts ranged from 724 to 1051 cells/mm(2). At 12 months, BCVA was 20/22 (0.9), 20/40 (0.5, amblyopic eye) and 20/17 (1.2). No postoperative complications occurred throughout the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Hemi-DMEK may provide visual outcomes similar to those in standard DMEK at the 1-year postoperative mark. If also graft survival and complication rates prove to be similar, hemi-DMEK could become the next step in endothelial keratoplasty, owing to its potential to double the yield of transplants from the same donor pool (two hemi-DMEK grafts can be prepared from one donor cornea).
PURPOSE: To evaluate the 1-year clinical outcome after semi-circular Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (hemi-DMEK) in a first case series. METHODS: In three eyes of three patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), endothelial cell density (ECD), pachymetry, and intra- and postoperative complications were evaluated after transplantation of a semi-circular ~12 mm diameter Descemet graft (hemi-DMEK graft). RESULTS: All corneas cleared within 6 months and showed a stable pachymetry thereafter (527, 535, and 490 μm, respectively). Compared to preoperative measurements, average central ECDs dropped by 51 % (56, 39, and 59 %, respectively) at 3 months, 53 % (57, 38, and 63 %, respectively) at 6 months, and 59 % (60, 47, and 71 %, respectively) at 12 months. Denuded stromal areas adjacent to the hemi-DMEK graft cleared and at 12 months peripheral ECD counts ranged from 724 to 1051 cells/mm(2). At 12 months, BCVA was 20/22 (0.9), 20/40 (0.5, amblyopic eye) and 20/17 (1.2). No postoperative complications occurred throughout the study period. CONCLUSIONS:Hemi-DMEK may provide visual outcomes similar to those in standard DMEK at the 1-year postoperative mark. If also graft survival and complication rates prove to be similar, hemi-DMEK could become the next step in endothelial keratoplasty, owing to its potential to double the yield of transplants from the same donor pool (two hemi-DMEK grafts can be prepared from one donor cornea).
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