Publications by authors named "Matthew E Raecker"
Purpose: To compare the incidence of visually significant postoperative cystoid macular edema (CME) in pseudophakic eyes after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) performed after recent versus remote cataract surgery.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of all consecutive eyes that underwent DMEK without concurrent cataract surgery at the University of Iowa between October 2012 and December 2014. The DMEK procedures were classified as staged if performed between 2 weeks and 6 months after cataract surgery and solitary if performed more than 6 months after cataract surgery.
Purpose: To determine corneal endothelial image quality after descemet stripping with endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) as recorded by three different microscopy techniques: noncontact specular microscopy, noncontact confocal microscopy, and contact confocal microscopy.
Methods: The corneal endothelium of 52 eyes after DSEK and 20 normal eyes was photographed by the three microscopy techniques during a single encounter. Image quality was graded by two masked observers according to the proportion of countable contiguous cells visible in the image; disagreements in grading were adjudicated by a third observer.
Purpose: To compare long-term keratometric changes after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for keratoconus and Fuchs endothelial dystrophy.
Design: Retrospective, comparative case series.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 168 corneas after PK for keratoconus (85 eyes of 63 subjects) and Fuchs dystrophy (83 eyes of 60 subjects).
Purpose: To compare long-term keratometric changes after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for keratoconus and Fuchs endothelial dystrophy.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 168 corneas after PK for keratoconus (85 eyes of 63 subjects) and Fuchs dystrophy (83 eyes of 60 subjects). Patients were examined after final suture removal at 12 months after PK to 30 years after surgery.
Purpose: To estimate the long-term cumulative risk of retinal detachment (RD) after cataract extraction.
Methods: Using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, we retrospectively identified all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, who had cataract extraction from 1980 through 2004 (10,256 cataract extractions in 7,137 residents) and were diagnosed with RD. The observed probability of RD after cataract extraction was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.