Multicenter study of descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: first case series of 18 surgeons.

Importance: Surgeons starting to perform Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) should be informed about the learning curve and experience of others.

Objective: To document the clinical outcome of standardized "no-touch" DMEK and its complications during the learning curves of experienced surgeons.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Retrospective multicenter study.

Descemet membrane air-bubble separation in donor corneas.

We describe a technique to obtain Descemet-endothelium disks from donors. To detach Descemet membrane, an air bubble was introduced in the deep stroma of human donor corneas mounted on an artificial chamber. In Group A (n = 5), the bubble was left inflated.

Comparison of three techniques for repair of involutional lower lid entropion: a three-year follow-up study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify the efficacy of three different surgical techniques for entropion repair in a 3-year follow-up study: (1) the Fox procedure, (2) everting sutures and (3) a modified technique of lower lid retractor plication.

Methods: We included in our study 32 eyelids of 32 consecutive patients with involutional lower lid entropion; 10 lids underwent the Fox procedure, 13 the everting sutures and 9 the modified retractor plication. We evaluated the pre- and postoperative horizontal lid laxity (HLL), the pre- and postoperative lower lid excursion (LLE) and the number of recurrences in each patient group.