DMEK surgical training: An instructional guide on various wet-lab methods.

Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is a partial-thickness corneal transplantation procedure that involves selective transplantation of the Descemet membrane and endothelium. DMEK offers significant advantages over other keratoplasty techniques, such as faster visual rehabilitation, better final visual acuity due to minimal optical interface effects, lower risk of allograft rejection, and less long-term dependence on topical steroids. Despite all its advantages, DMEK has been found to be more challenging than other corneal transplantation techniques, and its steep learning curve appears to be an obstacle to its widespread use and adoption by corneal surgeons worldwide.

Optical coherence tomography application for assessing variation in bone mineral content: a preclinical study.

Objective: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique that produces cross-sectional images through biological tissues, allowing three-dimensional reconstruction and analysis. Aim was to evaluate if OCT may discriminate among tissues with different bone density and composition, by measuring the depth of light penetration in porcine and rat bone samples.

Materials And Methods: Two carpal bone samples (2 cm length) were harvested from the porcine forelimb and fixed overnight in 3.

Selective laser capsulotomy complications: Management and prevention.

Purpose: To report how to manage and prevent the incomplete laser cut and following uncut tags of anterior capsular lens, performed using the selective laser capsulotomy.

Methods: We describe three possible approaches: peeling the anterior capsulotomy disc with forceps, breaking the tags using the cystotomy needle tip, or cutting them using a 23-G vitrectomy scissors.

Results: Using the 23-G vitrectomy scissors resulted in no complication.

Open reduction and internal fixation without rigid maxillomandibular fixation: evidence based or merely a surgical dictum? A comparative pilot study on 24 cases.

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the results and immediate postoperative complications following open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular fractures with or without postoperative maxillo-mandibular fixation MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study spanned over a period of 24 months, extending from October 2015 to October 2017. The study sample comprised 24 subjects between the age range of 18 to 65 years. They were randomly divided into two groups: Group A included subjects in whom open reduction and internal fixation was followed by maxilla-mandibular fixation for 15 days, and Group B subjects in whom only open reduction and internal fixation was done, followed by immediate mobilization.