DMEK is an evolving corneal transplantation procedure that can be challenging both in terms of donor tissue preparation and donor Descemet’s membrane attachment to the recipient cornea.

Full-thickness corneal transplantation, or penetrating keratoplasty, was the gold standard treatment for corneal disease until the advent of endothelial keratoplasty in the late 1990s.

For his part, Primack, who has performed nearly a dozen DMEK procedures since September, received his cornea and refractive training at Harvard University’s Department of Opthalmology 15 years ago.

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Comparison of the Modified Jones Tube Technique and the DMEK EndoGlide Technique With and Without Viscoelastic Material for DMEK Tissue Preparation. Cornea , 2023; 42 (2): 247 DOI: 10.1097/ICO ...

DMEK is “a partial-thickness cornea transplant procedure that involves selective removal of the patient's Descemet membrane and endothelium, followed by transplantation of donor corneal ...

Split Cornea Transplantation for 2 Recipients: A New Strategy to Reduce Corneal Tissue Cost and Shortage. Ophthalmology , 2010; DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.025 Cite This Page : ...

Roughly 50,000 people in the United States undergo corneal transplants every year, according to the Eye Bank Association of America. “In the past, or even with DMEK surgery, you have one donor ...

The researchers are focusing on DMEK for this study because it's the most common procedure high-volume corneal-transplant surgeons are performing (which will help recruit patients for the study ...

On Aug. 5, Flathead County welcomed Dr. Caleb Morris to its rapidly expanding pool of specialty surgeons, a newcomer to the Glacier Eye Clinic in Kalispell who recently performed the valley’s ...

German researcher Claus Cursiefen, M.D., also affiliated with Harvard School of Medicine, has developed a new surgical strategy that uses a single donor cornea to help two patients with differing ...