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Studies from H. Hashemi and co-researchers yield new data on life sciences

Published in Hospital Business Week, March 22nd, 2009

"We describe a technique we used to flip the donor corneal lenticule during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. In this case, in which we performed standard phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation as a combined procedure with Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty, the donor lenticule unfolded upside down in the anterior chamber (AC)," scientists writing in the journal Cornea report.

"To flip the donor to a stromal side up position with minimum manipulation, we first passed in a needle and fixed it on the edge of the lenticule. This needle Was used to push the edge of the lenticule upward while we filled up the AC...

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