Use of Donor Corneas From Pseudophakic Eyes for Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

Conclusions: Our data strongly suggest that pseudophakic persons should not be excluded from corneal donation because success rates after DMEK with grafts from pseudophakic eyes are comparable to those with grafts from phakic eyes. However, in the eye bank, grafts from pseudophakic donors have a higher primary discard rate because of low endothelial cell counts.
Source: Cornea - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Clinical Science Source Type: research