Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 770-772, May 2007

Use of an air–fluid exchange system to promote graft adhesion during Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

From the Cole Eye Institute (Meisler, Dupps), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Eye Institute (Covert, Koenig), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Accepted 6 November 2006.

Dislocation of the graft is a well-recognized complication of Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). We describe a technique to promote adhesion of the graft during DSAEK using an anterior chamber air–fluid infusion and exchange for direct control of the pressure and medium used to tamponade the graft against the host stroma.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any method or material mentioned.Supported in part by a Research to Prevent Blindness, the Medical College of Wisconsin (S.B.K., D.J.C.), challenge grant to the Department of Ophthalmology of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and an NIH 8K12 RR023264 multidisciplinary clinical research career development programs grant (W.J.D.).

PII: S0886-3350(07)00312-4

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.11.033

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 770-772, May 2007

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