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New ophthalmology study findings have been published by scientists at University of Zurich

Published in Blood Weekly, November 4th, 2010

In this recent study, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland conducted a study "To evaluate the intraoperative use of handheld Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) to assess the donor-host interface. Prospective, observational case series."

"Six patients undergoing DSAEK surgery were included. OCT scans of the cornea were performed intraoperatively after insertion of the donor disc, after instillation of air in the anterior chamber beneath the disc, after vent incisions in the host cornea in each quadrant, following air-fluid exchange at the end of operation, and on day 1 after surgery. The...

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