Aclaramiento corneal espontáneo tras desprendimiento del injerto en DMEK
- Luis Fernández-Vega Cueto 1
- Carlos Lisa 1
- Keamela Vasanthananthan 2
- David Madrid-Costa 1
- José F. Alfonso 1
- Gerrit R.J. Melles 2
- 1 Instituto Oftalmológico Fernández-Vega, Oviedo, Asturias, España
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Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery
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ISSN: 0365-6691
Año de publicación: 2023
Volumen: 98
Número: 3
Páginas: 170-174
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Resumen
Descemet Membrane detachment is a potential complication after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Here, we present a unique case of a DMEK surgery in a complicated eye that suffered a nearly complete DMEK graft detachment and later a graft opacification with a pseudo-anterior chamber. In Mid-November 2020, a planned DMEK was performed in a 64-year-old male patient due to corneal decompensation. Four months after DMEK, a fibrotic DMEK graft was seen across the anterior chamber with a pseudo-anterior chamber; however, the recipient cornea showed complete clearance with an endothelial cell count of about 1204 cells/mm2 and a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/25. Three months later, we observed a significant opacification of the detached graft, and the best-corrected distance visual acuity decreased to 20/63. We proceeded with the graft removal without performing a second DMEK. Ten months after graft removal, the cornea remained clear with an endothelial cell count of about 510 cells/mm2, and the best-corrected visual acuity was 20/25.