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How to Avoid an Upside-Down Orientation of the Graft during Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty?

Joanna Wasielica-PoslednikAlexander Karl-Georg SchusterLilian RauchJessica GlanerAytan MusayevaJana C RiedlNorbert PfeifferAdrian Gericke
Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2019)
To rely on the natural rolling tendency of the graft alone does not assure its correct positioning in all cases. Creation of the mark with 4 dots punctuated on the air-lifted stromal side of the DEC is a simple and endothelial cell saving marking method to ensure correct orientation of the graft during DMEK.
Keyphrases
  • endothelial cells
  • bone marrow
  • fluorescent probe
  • mass spectrometry
  • tandem mass spectrometry