Experienced DSAEK Surgeon's Transition to DMEK: Outcomes Comparing the Last 100 DSAEK Surgeries With the First 100 DMEK Surgeries Exclusively Using Previously Published Techniques

Complications can be minimized and excellent outcomes can be achieved, without a steep learning curve, when an experienced DSAEK surgeon transitions to DMEK following a standardized technique. Six-month vision outcomes are better in the DMEK group; however, the rate of a newly described complication, posterior synechiae formation, and 6-month ECL are higher in the DMEK group than in the DSAEK group.