Impact of preoperative visual acuity on Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) outcome.
Silvia SchrittenlocherB BachmannA M TiurbeO TuacK VeltenD SchmidtC CursiefenPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2018)
DMEK results in very good final postoperative visual acuity results even in eyes with very poor preoperative vision caused by corneal pathology. However, preoperative visual acuity values below 20/100 result in significantly poorer visual recovery, which suggests that there is benefit in performing surgery early enough before this value is reached. Preoperative visual acuity seems to be an adjuvant tool for the prediction of the final visual outcome after DMEK.