This Interventional case reports a challenging case of descemet's stripping-automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in a young male patient with traumatic aniridia, aphakia, and corneal edema. Surgery was planned in two stages; first was implantation of aniridia intraocular lens (AIOL), few months later, DSAEK procedure was performed. Successful outcome of both procedures was achieved as mea...

PURPOSE To describe the changes in endothelial cell density after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in patients with previous Descemet stripping with automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS Pars plana vitrectomy was performed in 3 eyes after DSAEK (16, 14, and 7 months, respectively). Two patients had a retinal detachment and the third patient had an epiretinal membrane. The cell popula...

PURPOSE To report a case of progressive fibrotic contraction of the posterior lamellar graft after initially successful Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS Retrospective report of clinical data and histopathological analysis of excised corneal tissue. RESULTS A 63-year-old woman underwent uncomplicated DSAEK in her left eye due to endothelial dystrophy. ...

We present the case of an 86-year-old woman who developed a blowout fracture after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). Sixteen months after DSAEK, she suffered a blow to her left eye caused by a fall. Computed tomography confirmed the presence of a blowout fracture of the inferior wall of the left orbit with soft tissue prolapsing into the orbit. The patient complai...

BACKGROUND This study describes the in vivo confocal microscopy findings in two patients who had deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) following Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS The study reviewed the cases of two patients who first underwent DSAEK followed by DALK when their vision failed to improve due to residual stromal scarring. In the first c...

PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculations with A-constant optimization in Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) combined with cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation (DSAEK triple procedure). DESIGN Retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS Thirty eyes of 22 patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy who underwent the...

BACKGROUND To evaluate clinical outcomes of Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) for severe bullous keratopathy that develop as a late complication of endothelial injury to the baby during forceps delivery at birth. CASE PRESENTATIONS Four eyes (four patients; mean age, 51.5 years) with severe bullous keratopathy as a late complication of forceps delivery at birth w...

Subepithelial fibrosis (SEF) and the transdifferentiation of keratocytes into fibroblasts or myofibroblasts (Fbs/MFbs) have been detected in the cornea of individuals with bullous keratopathy. We examined the anterior cornea of bullous keratopathy patients for such changes after Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). Twenty-two individuals who underwent unilateral DSAE...

A stable anterior chamber is a crucial factor to DSAEK. In aniridic patients with BDI lens, the anterior and posterior segment has direct communication at the periphery of the BDI lens. Maintenance of the air bubble in the anterior chamber would be problematic. Pressure equilibrium must be established on both sides of the BDI lens before the air bubble is introduced into the anterior chamber. C...

PURPOSE To compare corneal biomechanical properties following three different transplantation techniques, including Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) and penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in comparison to normal eyes. METHODS This cross-sectional comparative study included 118 eyes: 17 eyes of 17 patients received DSAEK, 23 e...