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Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: Ten-Year Graft Survival and Clinical Outcomes

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 217, 期 -, 页码 114-120

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.04.005

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  1. Rotterdamse Stichting Blindenbelangen
  2. Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the 10-year graft survival and clinical outcomes of the first case series after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional case series. METHODS: After excluding the very first 25 DMEK eyes that constitute the technique learning curve, the following 100 consecutive primary DMEK eyes (88 patients) were included. Main outcome parameters (survival, best-corrected visual acuity [BCVA], central endothelial cell density [ECD], and central corneal thickness [CCT]) were evaluated up to 10 years postoperatively, and postoperative complications were documented. RESULTS: At 5 and 10 years after DMEK, 68 and 57 of 100 eyes, respectively, were still available for analysis. Of those eyes, 82% and 89% reached a BCVA of >= 20/25 (decimal VA >= 0.8) at 5- and 10 years postoperatively, respectively. Preoperative donor ECD decreased by 59% at 5 years and 68% at 10 years postoperatively. CCT averaged 668 +/- 74 mu m preoperatively and 540 +/- 33 mu m and 553 +/- 43 mu m at 5 and 10 years, respectively, after surgery. Within 10 years, 4% of eyes developed allograft rejection, no primary graft failures occurred, and 6% of the eyes developed secondary graft failure. Graft survival probability was 0.83 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.75-0.92) and 0.79 (95% CI, 0.70-0.88) at 5 and 10 years postoperatively, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Most eyes that underwent surgery in the pioneering phase of DMEK showed excellent and stable clinical outcomes with low postoperative complication rates and promising graft longevity over the first decade after surgery. This suggests that DMEK may be a safe long-term treatment option for corneal endothelial diseases. ((C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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