The Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) “Wave Maneuver”
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Principles
2.2. Clinical Data
2.3. Surgical Technique
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Number | Percentage | |
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Patients (n) | 27 | |
Eyes/eyes consecutive | 27/25 | 92.6% |
Age (mean and S.D.) | 67 ± 21 | |
Men | 14 | 51.85% |
Women | 13 | 48.15% |
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Lavy, I.; Erdinest, N.; Katzir, A.; London, N.; Nche, E.N.; Smadja, D. The Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) “Wave Maneuver”. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5260. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185260
Lavy I, Erdinest N, Katzir A, London N, Nche EN, Smadja D. The Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) “Wave Maneuver”. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(18):5260. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185260
Chicago/Turabian StyleLavy, Itay, Nir Erdinest, Ayala Katzir, Naomi London, Eleanor Ngwe Nche, and David Smadja. 2022. "The Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) “Wave Maneuver”" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 18: 5260. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185260
APA StyleLavy, I., Erdinest, N., Katzir, A., London, N., Nche, E. N., & Smadja, D. (2022). The Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) “Wave Maneuver”. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(18), 5260. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11185260