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Utility of Intraoperative OCT in a Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) with corneal opacity

Poster Details

First Author: N.Estebanez Corrales SPAIN

Co Author(s):    J. Artaechevarria Artieda   N. Alejandre Alba                 

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To report the importance of intraoperative spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), using the RESCAN 700, in a successful case of third DMEK with visibility difficulties due to corneal opacity

Setting:

Tertiary referral hospital Fundación Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain

Methods:

We report the case of a third DMEK in a 78 year old patient with nanoftalmos, corneal decompensation after cataract surgery with retropupilar lens, and two endothelial graft rejections. Due to corneal oedema and opacity, it was impossible to see the orientation mark (“F”) of the graft in order to prevent upside-down tissue. Real time OCT allowed us to place the graft correctly before introducing a bubble air in the anterior chamber

Results:

Six months after the last transplant, the patient is well controlled and no reinterventions have been requiered. Follow up included complete clinical examination and multimodal video and images.

Conclusions:

Corneal opacity makes any intraocular surgery extremely difficult. In those cases, intraoperative OCT is a useful tool for a successful surgery

Financial Disclosure:

None