{"id":9714,"date":"2016-01-11T16:03:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/en\/?p=9714"},"modified":"2016-03-22T15:57:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T14:57:11","slug":"dmek-corneal-transplant-milan-barcelona-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/en\/en-news\/dmek-corneal-transplant-milan-barcelona-copenhagen\/","title":{"rendered":"DMEK Corneal Transplant: Milan, Barcelona, Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DMEK, the new non-invasive corneal transplant<\/strong>, is becoming more and more popular.<\/p>\n<p>The new corneal endothelium transplant named DMEK (Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty) is spreading because of <strong>the fast visual recovery<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/evaluation-results-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9703\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9703\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/evaluation-results--300x248.jpg\" alt=\"evaluation results\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/evaluation-results--300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/evaluation-results-.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong> <strong>(around 1-2 months) and minimal postoperative discomfort.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Badal\u00e0 organized a course teaching the new DMEK corneal transplant during the ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) meeting in Barcelona in September 2015. This was evaluated as the best course on the topic as shown by the attached diagrams:<\/p>\n<p>The success of such a course which was held in Barcelona (September 2015) and Las Vegas (November 2015) pushed Dr. Badal\u00e0 to organize a <strong>new course on DMEK<\/strong>\u00a0during 2016 ESCRS meeting in <strong>Copenhagen from 10 to 14 September 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty of this course are the maximum experts on <strong>DMEK (Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Prof. Dua from Nottingham University, Nottingham \u2013 UK<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Saad from Rothschild Foundation, Paris \u2013 France<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Prof. Muraine from Rouen University Hospital, Rouen \u2013 France<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Prof. Sadeer Hannush from Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia \u2013 Usa<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Ma from Toronto University, Toronto \u2013 Canada<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several clinical cases will be presented,<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-OCT..jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9705\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9705\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-OCT.-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"DSAEK OCT.\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-OCT.-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-OCT..jpg 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9706\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9706\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSAEK\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSAEK-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 in particular cases of DMEK after failed DSAEK the old technique of corneal endothelium transplant. DSAEK was transferring inside the eye some corneal stroma adding it to the normal corneal anatomy therefore reducing the quality of vision. Here are the images of corneal OCT after DSAEK and after DMEK . It is a patient of 32 years with bullous keratopathy or corneal edema after phakic IOL in the anterior chamber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DMEK is now the gold standard for corneal transplant in cases of\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-OCT..jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9707\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9707\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-OCT.-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"DMEK OCT.\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-OCT.-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-OCT..jpg 461w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9708\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9708\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DMEK\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microchirurgiaoculare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DMEK-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>bullous keratopathy, cornea guttata, corneal edema, failure of penetrating keratoplasty secondary to endothelial disfunction.<\/strong>\u00a0The main advantage of this type of corneal transplant is selective tissue replacement of purely the damaged inner layer (endothelium), instead of the whole cornea. <strong>The transplanted tissue is only 1% of the cornea. Consequently, the risk of corneal transplant rejection\u00a0 is very low.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DMEK, the new non-invasive corneal transplant, is becoming more and more popular. The new corneal endothelium transplant named DMEK (Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty) is spreading because of the fast visual recovery (around 1-2 months) and minimal postoperative discomfort. 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