Spontaneous corneal clearance after graft detachment in DMEK.
Aclaramiento corneal espontáneo
DMEK
Desprendimiento del injerto
Graft detachment
Spontaneous corneal clearance
Journal
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia
ISSN: 2173-5794
Titre abrégé: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
Pays: Spain
ID NLM: 101715860
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
23
07
2022
accepted:
04
11
2022
pubmed:
5
2
2023
medline:
8
3
2023
entrez:
4
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Descemet Membrane detachment is a potential complication after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Here, we present a unique case of a DMEK surgery in a complicated eye that suffered a nearly complete DMEK graft detachment and later a graft opacification with a pseudo-anterior chamber. In Mid-November 2020, a planned DMEK was performed in a 64-year-old male patient due to corneal decompensation. Four months after DMEK, a fibrotic DMEK graft was seen across the anterior chamber with a pseudo-anterior chamber; however, the recipient cornea showed complete clearance with an endothelial cell count of about 1204 cells/mm2 and a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/25. Three months later, we observed a significant opacification of the detached graft, and the best-corrected distance visual acuity decreased to 20/63. We proceeded with the graft removal without performing a second DMEK. Ten months after graft removal, the cornea remained clear with an endothelial cell count of about 510 cells/mm
Identifiants
pubmed: 36738920
pii: S2173-5794(23)00010-5
doi: 10.1016/j.oftale.2022.11.006
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
170-174Informations de copyright
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