Repeat Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Graft Failure
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
; : 702-708, 2021.
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en Ko
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ABSTRACT
Purpose@#To report a case of secondary Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) for graft failure after primary DMEK.Case summary: A 47-year-old female underwent primary DMEK in her left eye with a diagnosis of Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy. At 6 weeks later, corneal stromal edema with epithelial and subepithelial bullae was first observed. From that point on, the condition of the cornea and the visual acuity continued to degrade. After 7 months, a second DMEK procedure (i.e., a repeat DMEK) for graft failure was performed successfully without any complications. Since the second procedure, the cornea has been clear, and the best-corrected visual acuity has remained at 0.6 for 8 months. @*Conclusions@#To manage graft failure after primary DMEK, we performed a second DMEK procedure. The removal of the previous graft was easy, and there were no complications. Thus, repeat DMEK may be a feasible procedure.
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Ko
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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2021
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