Table 1.
Clinical outcomes following iatrogenic descemetorhexis in patients without Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy
| Study | Procedure | Success | Age | Descemetorhexis | Preoperative | Months to clear | Postoperative (at LFU) | LFU (months) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size (mm) | Technique | BCVA | CCT (µm) | ECD (cells/mm2) | BCVA | CCT (µm) | ECD (cells/mm2) | ||||||
| Braunstein et al., 2003[11] | Phaco | Yes | 79 | 5 | Viscodissect | - | - | 2114* | 6 | 20/30 | 540 | 827 | 12 |
| Patel et al., 2004[12] | Phaco | Yes | 90 | 6 | Viscodissect | - | - | - | < 9 | 20/50 | 553 | 794 | 45 |
| Zvi et al., 2005[13] | Phaco | Yes | 68 | 5 | Viscodissect | - | - | 2446* | 1.5 | 20/30 | 520 | 834 | 8 |
| Pan and Eong, 2006[14] | Phaco | No | 96 | 5.5 | Viscodissect | LP | - | 2100* | >14 | 20/80¦ | - | Unable | 14 |
| Agarwal et al., 2006[15] | Phaco/Trab | Yes | 65 | ~6 | Viscodissect | 20/30 | - | - | 1 | 20/25 | 556 | 1301 | 24 |
| Srivastava et al., 2010[16] | Phaco | Yes | 76 | 3.5×4.5 | Forceps trauma | - | - | 2344* | 4.5 | 20/80¶ | - | 1222 | 4.5 |
| Choo et al., 2010[17] | ECCE | Yes | 86 | ~8 | - | 20/200 | - | - | 10 | 20/120 | - | - | 15 |
| Ullienne, 2015[18] | Phaco | Yes | 85 | 5 | Viscodissect | - | - | 2084* | 5 | 20/25 | 559 | 1344 | 22 |
-Not available,*ECD of contralateral eye as proxy for preoperative ECD in operative eye, ¶Vision limited by 4D postoperative astigmatism, §Vision limited by age-related macular degeneration. BCVA=Best-corrected visual acuity, CCT=Central corneal thickness (i.e. pachymetry), ECD=Endothelial cell density, LFU=Last follow-up, LP=Light perception, Phaco=Phacoemulsification, Trab=Trabeculectomy