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- Title
Association Between Graft Storage Time and Donor Age With Endothelial Cell Density and Graft Adherence After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.
- Authors
de Mora, Marina Rodríguez-Calvo; Groeneveld-van Beek, Esther A.; Frank, Laurence E.; van der Wees, Jacqueline; Oellerich, Silke; Bruinsma, Marieke; Melles, Gerrit R. J.; Rodríguez-Calvo de Mora, Marina
- Abstract
<bold>Importance: </bold>After retrospectively evaluating the clinical outcome of 500 consecutive cases after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), we extended the analysis in this study by assessing the effect of donor-related parameters on endothelial cell density (ECD) decline and detachment rate in this group.<bold>Observations: </bold>This retrospective case series included 500 cases who had undergone DMEK from October 2007 to September 2012 at the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Logistic regression analysis (n = 332 eyes) showed that donor age might be associated with a 3% increase in the risk for a detachment (odds ratio, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.94-1.00; P = .049) (ie, higher donor age seems to be associated with lower chances of a detachment). In addition, linear regression analysis indicated that graft storage time in medium was associated with ECD decrease (ie, the longer the storage time, the larger the decrease at 6 months after DMEK) (P = .01).<bold>Conclusions and Relevance: </bold>We showed an association between graft storage time and ECD decline after DMEK and possibly between donor age and graft detachment. Therefore, donor storage times should be kept as short as possible to improve short-term ECDs. More research is needed to draw definite conclusions on the possible effect of donor age on the chance of a detachment after DMEK.
- Subjects
AGE distribution; CORNEA diseases; ENDOTHELIUM; GRAFT rejection; GRAFT versus host reaction; ORGAN donors; PRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc.; TIME; CYTOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE studies
- Publication
JAMA Ophthalmology, 2016, Vol 134, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
2168-6165
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.4499