Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty-Treated Keratoconic Eyes With Descemet Membrane Rupture.

Rongmei PengKaiyue DuBowei YuanGege XiaoYi QuYonggen XuEnshuo LiuJing Hong

Published in: Cornea (2023)

DALK showed similar beneficial visual outcome and safety but significantly better endothelial protection over PKP in eyes with keratoconus and previous hydrops. Therefore, DALK is recommended in posthydrops cases irrespective of the DM rupture severity.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
endothelial cells
cataract surgery
type diabetes
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle