Influence of Interface Fluid Between Recipient Cornea and Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Graft on the Rebubbling Rate
Patients with incomplete graft attachment at the end of DMEK surgery demonstrated increased rebubbling rates. Corneal surgeons might detect these detachments using intraoperative optical coherence tomography and modify their surgical technique to reduce them. Furthermore, curvature matching between the host and the recipient might decrease the occurrence of interface fluid accumulation.
Authors
- Lars H. B. Mackenbrock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8461-4522)
- Maximilian Friedrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8699-4613)
- Gerd Uwe Auffarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6927-5251)
- An Ting L. Xu
- Tadas Naujokaitis
- Hyeck-Soo Son
- Victor A. Augustin
- Julia Keim
- Ramin Khoramnia
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cornea
- Published
- 2026-02-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ico.0000000000004129
- Primary Topic
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00