TY - JOUR
TI - Surgical management of post-Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty interface haze associated with interface deposits
AU - Kymionis, G.
AU - Voulgari, N.
AU - Kontadakis, G.
AU - Mikropoulos, D.
AU - Petrovic, A.
AU - Droutsas, K.
JO - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
PY - 2020
VL - 68
TODO - 1
SP - 174-176
PB - Wolters Kluwer--Medknow Publications
SN - 0301-4738
TODO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_883_19
TODO - acetic acid;  balanced salt solution;  mineral;  sodium chloride, adverse event;  aged;  case report;  congenital cornea dystrophy;  cornea opacity;  Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty;  drug combination;  female;  human;  lavage;  lens implantation;  optical coherence tomography;  phacoemulsification;  physiology;  postoperative complication;  slit lamp microscopy;  suction;  visual acuity, Acetates;  Aged;  Corneal Opacity;  Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty;  Drug Combinations;  Female;  Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy;  Humans;  Lens Implantation, Intraocular;  Minerals;  Phacoemulsification;  Postoperative Complications;  Slit Lamp Microscopy;  Sodium Chloride;  Suction;  Therapeutic Irrigation;  Tomography, Optical Coherence;  Visual Acuity
TODO - We describe an effective technique for the management of graft-host interface haze associated with interface deposits after Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with bimanual irrigation/aspiration. A Tan marginal dissector was used to separate the graft from the stroma in the nasal two-thirds of the graft-host interface. The aspiration handpiece was inserted in the interface through the nasal side-port corneal incision and a separate irrigation tip was placed in the anterior chamber (AC) through the temporal corneal paracentesis. Meticulous rinsing of the two-thirds of the interface area and the AC was performed. At the end of the procedure, air was injected into the AC to float the donor graft against the host stromal bed and facilitate graft adherence. Postoperative anterior segment optical coherence tomography and slit-lamp examination confirmed elimination of the interface haze-deposits and a well-attached graft. An improvement in visual acuity was noted. © 2019 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.
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