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PURPOSE: To describe specific maneuvers and technical modifications to the standardized "no-touch" technique of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) to successfully handle the presence of a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) tube in the anterior chamber of an eye with a failed primary penetrating keratoplasty (PK) graft. METHODS: A 42-year-old male patient underwent DMEK because of a failed primary PK graft in his phakic right eye. The patient was then evaluated at 3 and at 6 months after surgery. RESULTS: A modified no-touch DMEK technique proved a feasible treatment option for a decompensated primary PK graft in the presence of a long GDD tube. CONCLUSIONS: With specific technical modifications DMEK can be successfully performed in eyes with decompensated primary PK grafts in the presence of a long GDD tube. The very thin DMEK graft allows positioning between the GDD tube and the failed PK graft, leaving the tube in place.
*Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; †Melles Cornea Clinic, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ‡Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece; and §Amnitrans EyeBank, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Full article12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
9.4.11.4 Glaucomas associated with corneal surgery (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)