BARCELONA, Spain — Optimizing the use of donor tissue through hemi- and quarter-Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty can maximize the number of transplants per donor, according to a speaker here.
This approach can also help maintain favorable long-term outcomes in patients with endothelial diseases.
At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Lamis Baydoun, MD, PhD, of University Eye Hospital in Münster, Germany, and the ELZA Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, presented innovative strategies to address global corneal tissue shortages.
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