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  • Triple Procedure for Managing Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy Next

    DSEK Push-In Technique

    By Francis W. Price Jr., MD
    Cornea/External Disease

    Dr. Francis Price demonstrates Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) in a pseudophakic patient with Fuchs dystrophy. The dysfunctional host Descemet’s membrane and endothelium are stripped, and the donor tissue is pushed into the host eye with a bent 30-gauge needle through a self-sealing scleral tunnel incision.