Background/objectives: To determine the incidence of day one postoperative complications after Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) performed with intraoperative inferior peripheral iridotomy (PI), and whether their early detection influences postoperative intervention.
Subjects/methods: 70 eyes of 70 consecutive patients that underwent DMEK from August 2019 to August 2021 at a single UK centre were retrospectively analysed. Cases that did not have an inferior PI were excluded.
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