RMLEB Represented at the European Eye Bank Meeting
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank Staff Author Published Abstract
Last month, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank Executive Director John Lohmeier and Technical Manager Staci Terrin were featured in a published abstract at the European Eye Bank Association meeting.
The topic:
ASYMMETRICAL INJECTOR FOR ENDOTHELIUM-IN DMEK WITHOUT THE NEED OF PULL-THROUGH TECHNIQUE
Published in August 2023 in BMJ Open Ophthalmology, the purpose is to educate the eye banking community, including corneal transplant surgeons, on a DMEK technique.
Purpose: One of the latest surgical developments of preloaded Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is the delivery of the graft with the endothelium inwards, which allows for a very fast operation, but requires a pull-through surgical technique. Although the tri-folded, endo-in DMEK technique has significant advantages, the absence of proper surgical instruments that could allow its use without the ‘pull-through’ technique still restricts its wide use in such an operation. None of the available commercial DMEK injectors could be used for tri-folded DMEK (endothelium-inward) orientation, as it requires the graft to be intently secured within the injector. This report presents a retrospective eye bank validation study of an asymmetrical injector designed to orientally implant a tri-folded DMEK graft without needing a pull-through technique.
The full abstract can be reviewed here.
Learn more about other publications and ongoing research that RMLEB leadership and staff participate in to further our mission.
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ASYMMETRICAL INJECTOR FOR ENDOTHELIUM-IN DMEK WITHOUT THE NEED OF PULL-THROUGH TECHNIQUE
Published in August 2023 in BMJ Open Ophthalmology, the purpose is to educate the eye banking community, including corneal transplant surgeons, on a DMEK technique.
Purpose: One of the latest surgical developments of preloaded Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is the delivery of the graft with the endothelium inwards, which allows for a very fast operation, but requires a pull-through surgical technique. Although the tri-folded, endo-in DMEK technique has significant advantages, the absence of proper surgical instruments that could allow its use without the ‘pull-through’ technique still restricts its wide use in such an operation. None of the available commercial DMEK injectors could be used for tri-folded DMEK (endothelium-inward) orientation, as it requires the graft to be intently secured within the injector. This report presents a retrospective eye bank validation study of an asymmetrical injector designed to orientally implant a tri-folded DMEK graft without needing a pull-through technique.
The full abstract can be reviewed here.
Learn more about other publications and ongoing research that RMLEB leadership and staff participate in to further our mission.