Descemet Endothelial Thickness Comparison Trial: Two-Year Results from a Randomized Trial Comparing Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty with Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer; Charles C Lin; Ariana Austin; Zijun Liu; Jameson Clover; Stephen D McLeod; Travis C Porco; Thomas M Lietman; Samuel M Dresner; Beth Ann Benetz; Jonathan H Lass; Winston D Chamberlain

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.12.021

Descemet Endothelial Thickness Comparison Trial: Two-Year Results from a Randomized Trial Comparing Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty with Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

Ophthalmology. 2021 Aug;128(8):1238-1240. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.12.021. Epub 2020 Dec 25.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California.
² Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
³ Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Lions VisionGift, Portland, Oregon.
⁵ Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁶ Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Departmet of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Departmet of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁸ Cornea Image Analysis Reading Center, University Hospitals Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁹ Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. Electronic address: [email protected].

No abstract available

Keywords: Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; Endothelial keratoplasty; Ultrathin Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blister / physiopathology
Blister / surgery*
Cell Count
Corneal Diseases / physiopathology
Corneal Diseases / surgery
Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss / diagnosis*
Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss / physiopathology
Descemet Membrane / pathology*
Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty / methods*
Double-Blind Method
Endothelium, Corneal / pathology*
Female
Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / physiopathology
Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Organ Size
Treatment Outcome
Visual Acuity / physiology

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding