Management of Descemet Membrane's Folds After Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: Descemet Membrane—Tucking Technique

Conclusions: DALK is the procedure of choice for the surgical treatment of corneal stromal diseases with a healthy endothelium, such as keratoconus. DM folds are a possible complication after DALK in patients with advanced corneal ectasia, arising from the compression of the redundant host DM by the donor graft, once it is sutured to the recipient. DM folds after DALK, when they involve the visual axis, cause permanent visual disturbances DM tucking allows the displacement of the central DM folds toward the graft margin, where they do not affect the patient's quality of vision.
Source: Cornea - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Techniques Source Type: research