Open AccessA simple surgical technique for splitting a single donor cornea for performing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty without using a microkeratome
Author(s) -
K S Siddharthan,
Anushri Agrawal,
Jagdeesh Kumar Reddy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_3044_20
Subject(s) - microkeratome , medicine , descemet membrane , visual acuity , ophthalmology , cornea , surgery , keratomileusis
To describe a simple manual surgical technique for splitting a single-donor eye for performing both deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) without using a microkeratome.