Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)

Conditions

Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary

Keywords

Corneal transplantation, Descemet membrane

Brief summary

To evaluate isolated Descemet membrane transplantation as a refinement of previous advanced techniques for corneal transplantation, like Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)

Detailed description

See above.

Dirisamer M, van Dijk K, Dapena I, Ham L, Oganes O, Frank LE, Melles GR.

2011-11-14124 citations

10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.343

Efficacy of descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: clinical outcome of 200 consecutive cases after a learning curve of 25 cases.

Dirisamer M, Ham L, Dapena I, Moutsouris K, Droutsas K, van Dijk K, Frank LE, Oellerich S, Melles GR.

2011-07-1194 citations

10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.195

Back-up procedure for graft failure in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).

Dapena I, Ham L, van Luijk C, van der Wees J, Melles GR.

2009-08-2621 citations

10.1136/bjo.2009.160945

Visual rehabilitation rate after isolated descemet membrane transplantation: descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.

Ham L, Balachandran C, Verschoor CA, van der Wees J, Melles GR.

2009-03-0194 citations

10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.619

Interventions

PROCEDUREDescemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)

Study design

Allocation

NA

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

* Corneal endothelial disorders

Exclusion criteria

* N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Best spectacle corrected visual acuity	2005-2015

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Corneal endothelial cell density	2005-2015

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed