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Corneal ectatic disorders, such as keratoconus, progressively weaken corneal integrity, leading to thinning, irregular astigmatism and visual deterioration.1 Typically progressive in nature, these ectasias result in increasingly thinner corneas, causing the cornea to protrude forward into a cone shape. This leads to increasing amounts of myopia and astigmatism – both regular and irregular – as the disease […]

Daire Hurley, ESCRS Winter 2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty and Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

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Published Online: Mar 15th 2022

Dr Daire Hurley (Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland) discusses the findings from his systematic review and meta-analysis comparing ultrathin descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty and explains the impact on clinical decision making for individual patients.

Questions

  1. Could you give us a brief overview of Ultrathin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) and Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)? 00:13-00:56
  2. What is known about the comparative visual outcomes and endothelial cell loss of the two techniques? 00:56-01:24
  3. What were the aims and methodology of this systematic review and meta-analysis? 01:24-01:50
  4. What were the findings of the study? 01:50-02:54
  5. How will these findings impact on clinical decision making for individual patients? 02:54-03:40

Disclosures: Dr Daire Hurley has no actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this video.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the ESCRS Winter 2022 meeting

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