April 2010
Volume 51, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2010
Pre-Operative Donor Cornea Graft Thickness and Visual Acuity Outcomes in DSEK
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • A. D. Munro
    Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina
  • S. Stinnett
    Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina
  • T. Kim
    Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  A.D. Munro, None; S. Stinnett, None; T. Kim, Dr. Kim serves on the Advisory Board of OSI., C.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2010, Vol.51, 773. doi:
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      A. D. Munro, S. Stinnett, T. Kim; Pre-Operative Donor Cornea Graft Thickness and Visual Acuity Outcomes in DSEK. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010;51(13):773.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To assess a relationship between pre-operative donor cornea graft thickness and visual acuity outcomes six months following Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK).

Methods: : Retrospective review of patients (n=209) who underwent DSEK and were assessed six months post-operatively at Duke Eye Center. Best-spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) was obtained pre-operatively and six months post-operatively, and was subsequently converted into LogMAR visual acuity for analysis. Pre-operative donor cornea graft thickness was measured via pachymetry during graft preparation by Ocular Systems Incorporated (OSI). Visual outcomes were compared using graft thickness as a continuous variable. Visual outcomes were also compared between three groups: grafts 100 microns or less (n=29), grafts between 101 and 150 microns (n=137), and grafts 151 microns or greater (n=43). The Kruskal-Wallis test of difference in medians was used to determine significance.

Results: : The median visual change for grafts 100 microns or less was -0.204 LogMAR (standard deviation 0.503). The median visual change for grafts between 101 and 150 microns was also -0.204 LogMAR (standard deviation 0.477). The median visual change for grafts 151 microns or greater was -0.222 LogMAR (standard deviation 0.467). The difference in acuity between pre-operative vision and vision at the six month timepoint is not significantly different among the three thickness categories (p=0.835).

Conclusions: : Analysis of visual outcomes six months following DSEK show no statistically significant difference based upon pre-operative graft thickness. Based upon the current analysis, current donor cornea graft preparation protocols do not need amending to favor a certain thickness. Additional analysis of visual outcomes at the one-year or two-year timepoints in this population is ongoing to determine if significant differences between thickness groups exist later in the course of graft maturity.

Keywords: cornea: endothelium • transplantation • visual acuity 
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