Ten-Year Clinical Outcome of the First Patient Undergoing Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

Abstract

The first DMEK patient worldwide may show all short and long-term characteristics of this endothelial keratoplasty technique: outstanding patient satisfaction, quick visual recovery, low incidence of complications, and graft longevity. Published studies in the past decade would suggest that this case was the start of a new era in corneal transplantation.