Would you recommend Descemet’s stripping alone for Fuchs’ dystrophy?

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Given the results achieved so far, I would (and do) recommend Descemet’s stripping for Fuchs’ dystrophy. In my practice, this still remains an option only for select cases of Fuchs’ and is not offered to every patient. Surgeons who wish to care for every case of Fuchs’ must still be confident with Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty.
There are several important criteria that must be satisfied before surgeons can confidently offer a new procedure to a patient. First, of course, it has (Read more...)

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