Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty in 200 eyes

Price Vision Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

The first 200 consecutive cases of DSEK performed by a single surgeon were analyzed retrospectively. Follow-up was 7 to 20 months for 124 eyes and 2 to 6 months for 76 eyes. The surgical technique consisted of stripping Descemet's membrane and endothelium from the recipient's central cornea and transplanting an 8.0 to 9.0 mm disc of donor endothelium and posterior stroma through a 5.0 mm incision, with sutures used only to close the incision.