MAR 15, 2016
Infant/Young Donor Keratoplasty: The PDEK Advantage
AAO 2015
Cornea/External Disease
Infant- and young-donor keratoplasty has its particular challenges. For example, penetrating keratoplasty can reject, as with Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty, and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty cannot be performed until donors are at least 40 years of age. In this video, the authors demonstrate a new technique — pre-Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (PDEK) — that has significant potential in this scenario.