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Table 3 Summary of other studies examining whether the pre/perioperative factors we looked at associate with final visual acuity after DMEK

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

Author year

No. eyes

Indic.

Postop time point

Type analysis

Patient age

Patient sex

Donor age

Triple DMEK

Preop BCVA

Preop ECD

Preop CCT

Mean anter. Kerat.

Rebubb.

Chauras. 2014 [2]

492

FECD

6 mo

Uni/Multi.

< 0.0001a

  

< 0.0001b

     

Van Dijk 2014 [3]

118

FECD

6 mo

Multi.

< 0.001

NS

 

NS

< 0.001

    

Schaub 2016 [14]

529

mixed

12 mo

Univ.

  

NS

      

Ham 2016 [18]

250

mixed

6 mo

Multiv.

0.0016

        

Schlögl 2016 [19]

97

mixed

3 y

Univ.

   

NS

     

Peraza 2017 [20]

396

mixed

2 y

Multi.

0.0012

NS

   

NS

< 0.0001

 

0.0003

Schaub 2017 [21]

160

FECD

2 y

Univ.

     

NS

NS

  

Neiter 2017 [22]

19

mixed

6 mo

Univ.

      

NS

  

Gerber 2017 [23]

760

mixed

6 mo

Univ.

        

NS

Mechels 2017 [24]

94

FECD

3 mo

Univ.

        

NS

Brockm. 2019 [4]

108

FECD

12 mo

Univ.

    

NS

NS

0.014

  

Schaub 2019 [5]

1748

mixed

12 mo

Univ.

  

NS

      

Schritt. 2019 [6]

1084

mixed

12 mo

Univ.

    

0.011

 

NS

  

Godin 2019 [7]

136

mixed

UC

Univ.

        

NS

Singh 2019 [8]

50

mixed

3 mo

Univ.

  

0.03

NS

     

Shah. 2020 [9]

114

FECD

12 mo

Univ.

   

NS

     

Birbal 2020 [10]

738

mixed

6 mo

Multi.

   

NS

     

Birbal 2020 [11]

393

mixed

5 y

Multi.

NS

NS

 

NS

    

< 0.0001

Besek 2022 [12]

150

mixed

7 y

Multi.

0.009

 

NS

NS

    

NS

Gund 2021 [13]

463

mixed

12 mo

Multi.

        

NSc

Agha 2021 [15]

33

FECD

9 mo

C-C

        

0.03

Romano 2022 [16]

91

mixed

12 mo

Univ.

   

NS

    

NS

Moskwa 2022 [17]

111

FECD

12 mo

Univ.

      

NS

  

Our study

100

FECD

12 mo

Multi.

0.02

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. anter. Anterior, C-C case control study, CCT central corneal thickness, DMEK Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty, ECD endotehlial cell density, FECD Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, Indic. indications, mo months, kerat. Keratometry, Multiv. multivariate, NS not significant, Rebubb. rebubbling, UC unclear, Univ. univariate, y year
  2. aMultivariate analysis
  3. bUnivariate analysis
  4. cSignificant on univariate analysis but not after controlling for donor age, indication, graft cultivation time, and preoperative visual acuity