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. 2012 Jan 28;250(7):1043–1050. doi: 10.1007/s00417-012-1927-6

Table 2.

Details of surgical procedure of DSAEK in each groups

ALI (n = 54) PBK (n = 28) FED (n = 21)
Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (eyes, %) 47 (87%) 24 (86%) 21 (100%)
Non-Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (eyes, %) 7 (13%) 4 (14%) 0 (0%)
Graft size (eyes)
 7.0 mm 1 0 0
 7.5 mm 1 0 0
 7.75 mm 1 1 1
 8.0 mm 51 26 19
 8.25 mm 0 0 1
 8.5 mm 0 1 0
Location of corneoscleral incision (eyes, %)
 Temporal 51 (94%) 23 (82%) 20 (95%)
 Superior 3 (6%) 5 (18%) 1 (5%)
Corneal epithelial removal (eyes, %) 13/54 (24%) 1/28 (3.6%) 4 (19%)
Trypan blue staining (eyes, %) 3/37 (8.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Multiple sphincterotomy (eyes, %) 3/37 (8.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)