Nanothin DSAEK Graft Processing
LGS uses the latest information about transplant surgery outcomes to guide development of new methods to maximize the impact of each transplant graft through precision processing. We continue to develop ideas to find ways to best use the precious gift of sight.
For example, research shows that thinner endothelial grafts result in better outcomes, but the thinnest grafts, known as DMEK grafts, are more difficult to put into place. To address the need for a think, but easy-to-place, graft, we pioneered a technique to make a sub-50 micron thin graft called “Nanothin EK" (Fig 1). The width of a single human hair, this type of graft behaves like a standard endothelial graft while resulting in visual outcomes similar to a DMEK. But with a simpler surgery.
Article in CORNEA: May 2018 - Volume 37 - Issue 5 - p 661-666 Authors Hou, Bedard, Grimes, Buckman, et al.
Technique for Preparing Ultrathin and Nanothin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Tissue
