Early Changes in Visual Quality and Corneal Structure after DMEK: Does DMEK Approach Optical Quality of a Healthy Cornea?

Maria SatueMiriam IdoipeAlicia GavinMaria Romero-SanzVasilios S LiarakosAntonio MateoElena Garcia-MartinAlejandro Blasco-MartinezAntonio Sanchez-Perez

Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2018)

Patients undergoing DMEK present visual function improvement and a decrease in corneal density at 1 month after surgery. Decrease in corneal posterior HOAs can be observed at 6 months. However, visual function outcomes and corneal aberrations remained worse compared with healthy controls.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
wound healing
patients undergoing
cataract surgery
high resolution
copy number
high speed
mass spectrometry