Corneal surgeons overcoming challenges, maximizing outcomes with DMEK

Endothelial keratoplasty has largely supplanted penetrating keratoplasty, or full-thickness corneal transplantation, as the gold standard treatment for corneal endothelial disease.The leading endothelial keratoplasty technique is Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty or Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. A newer iteration, Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty, is making steady inroads in corneal transplantation.