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Table 1 Demographic, surgical, and clinical characteristics of 100 eyes that underwent primary DMEK for FECD

From: Ability of routinely collected clinical factors to predict good visual results after primary Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: a cohort study

Characteristics

Mean ± SD, median (IQR), or n (%)

Patient age, years

72 ± 9

Female sex

61 (61)

Graft donor age, years

75 (70–82)

Origin of the graft, city

 Besançon

55 (55)

 Nancy

45 (45)

Anesthesia

 General

97 (97)

 Peribulbar

3 (3)

Triple DMEK

43 (43)

Preoperative BCVA, logMAR

0.7 (0.5–0.7)

M12 postoperative BCVA, logMAR

0.05 (0–0.1)

M12 BCVA ≤0.1logMAR

81 (81)

Preoperative (graft) ECD, cells/mm2

2538 ± 207

M6 postoperative ECD, cells/mm2

1318 ± 431

M12 postoperative ECD, cells/mm2

1165 ± 402

Preoperative CCT, μm

620 (587–660)

Postoperative D15 CCT, μm

600 (550–654)

Postoperative M12 CCT, μm

531 (512–559)

Mean anterior keratometry, D

43.7 ± 1.5

Cystoid macular edema

4 (4)

Allograft rejection

1 (1)

One or more rebubbling sessions

30 (30)

Only one rebubbling session

21 (21)

≥2 rebubbling sessions

9 (9)

  1. BCVA best corrected visual acuity, CCT central corneal thickness, DMEK Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, D15 postoperative day 15, ECD endothelial cell density, M6 month 6, M12 month 12, IQR interquartile range