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Schrittenlocher, Silvia, Bachmann, B., Tiurbe, A. M., Tuac, O., Velten, K., Schmidt, D. and Cursiefen, C. (2019). Impact of preoperative visual acuity on Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) outcome. Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol., 257 (2). S. 321 - 330. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1435-702X

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Abstract

PurposeTo evaluate whether and how preoperative visual acuity predicts visual acuity outcome after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK).MethodsOne thousand eighty-four out of 1162 consecutive eyes having undergone DMEK alone or combined with cataract surgery (triple-DMEK) between July 2011 and February 2016 from the prospective Cologne DMEK database were included and analyzed retrospectively for correlations between pre- and postoperative visual acuity values at 1, 3, 6, and 12months after transplantation.ResultsThere is a significant correlation between pre- and postoperative visual acuity (VA) after (triple)-DMEK after 6 and 12months (p=0.005 and p=0.011 respectively; Pearson's correlation coefficient 0.240 and 0.224). Preoperative VA below 20/100 leads to delayed and reduced final visual acuity results after 12months (p<0.001). However, defining an increase in VA >0.1 logMAR as clinically relevant, we could not show any clinically relevant significant difference in the time needed to recover to final VA and in final VA. There is no significant difference for preoperative VA values above 20/40. The chance to reach postoperative VA above 20/25 is 40% for preoperative VA of 20/200, 50% for preoperative VA of 20/60 and >60% for preoperative VA of 20/40.ConclusionDMEK results in very good final postoperative visual acuity results even in eyes with very poor preoperative vision caused by corneal pathology. However, preoperative visual acuity values below 20/100 result in significantly poorer visual recovery, which suggests that there is benefit in performing surgery early enough before this value is reached. Preoperative visual acuity seems to be an adjuvant toolfor the prediction of thefinal visual outcome after DMEK.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schrittenlocher, Silvia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bachmann, B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tiurbe, A. M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tuac, O. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Velten, K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cursiefen, C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-157815
DOI:	10.1007/s00417-018-4193-4
Journal or Publication Title:	Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol.
Volume:	257
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 321 - 330
Date:	2019
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1435-702X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EPIRETINAL MEMBRANES; IMMUNE-REACTIONS; CORNEAL HAZE; REJECTION; SURGERY Multiple languages Ophthalmology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15781