Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the examined parameters before and four months after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) depending on the intraoperative occurrence of splitting of the recipient’s Descemet Membrane.
Intraoperative splitting | No intraoperative splitting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | Before DMEK | After DMEK | Before DMEK | After DMEK |
Corrected distance visual acuity (Mean ± SD) | 0.42 ± 0.22 logMAR | 0.12 ± 0.12 logMAR | 0.56 ± 0.39 logMAR | 0.12 ± 0.12 logMAR |
Endothelial cell density (Mean ± SD) | 2554.9 ± 184.7 cells/mm² | 1614.7 ± 535.5 cells/mm² | 2560.7 ± 193.5 cells/mm² | 1640.4 ± 522.2 cells/mm² |
Central corneal thickness (Mean ± SD) | 640.7 ± 88.4 µm | 514.6 ± 39.3 µm | 647.8 ± 104.8 µm | 511.6 ± 41.4 µm |
Thinnest corneal thickness (Mean ± SD) | 600.7 ± 54.0 µm | 507.3 ± 41.0 µm | 600.4 ± 86.1 µm | 503.2 ± 42.4 µm |
Corneal volume (Mean ± SD) | 62.9 ± 6.2 mm³ | 59.3 ± 4.5 mm³ | 63.2 ± 10.9 mm³ | 59.8 ± 6.2 mm³ |
Posterior corneal density (Mean ± SD) | 22.2 ± 9.1 GSU | 21.2 ± 5.4 GSU | 21.3 ± 7.2 GSU | 21.8 ± 5.9 GSU |
