VILAMOURA, Portugal — At a time when more patients want to minimize the use of spectacles, cataract surgery with implantation of a Vivity IOL is an option in eyes with Fuchs’ dystrophy.
Phaco-DMEK as a combined procedure leads to equally good vision and is more respectful of the endothelium as compared with Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty and phacoemulsification performed separately, according to a study presented here.
“DMEK has become our procedure of choice and is gradually taking over from DSAEK in our hospital, where we carry out about 1,800