Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty using infant donor tissue.

Abstract

Using infant donor tissue for DSAEK surgery is safe and may be preferable, particularly for younger patients.

The higher preoperative endothelial cell densities in infant donor tissue should improve graft survival and long-term maintenance of corneal transparency provided that surgery-related endothelial cell loss is minimized.

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Subjects

• Age Factors
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Child, Preschool
• Corneal Diseases
• Descemet Membrane
• Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty
• Endothelium, Corneal
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Retrospective Studies
• Tissue Donors

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Authors

• Peter Kim
• Sonia N Yeung
• Alejandro Lichtinger
• Maoz D Amiran
• David S Rootman

Publication date

2011-12-13

Journal

Journal topics

• Cornea

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Cornea

Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. peterkim76 [at] gmail.com

Release reference

Cornea. 2012 Jan;31(1):52-4

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