Retrocorneal membrane after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.

To describe a retrocorneal membrane after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). Case report and review of the medical literature. A 73-year-old woman diagnosed with bilateral pseudophakic bullous keratopathy underwent DMEK in her left eye. Her preoperative best-spectacle-corrected visual acuity OD was 20/500 and OS was 20/500. After DMEK, graft detachment was found on the first and second postoperative days. Graft repositioning with air was performed 2 times. One month after DMEK, a membranous structure was identified behind the cornea by slit-lamp examination. The patient was applying topical levofloxacin 0.5% (Cravit; Santen, Japan) and prednisolone acetate 1% (Pred Forte; Allergan, Irvine, CA) 4 times per day. Two months after DMEK, the retrocorneal membrane disappeared, and the patient's best-corrected visual acuity OS improved to 20/40. We report the first case of retrocorneal membrane formation after DMEK surgery.

Citation

Hae Ri Yum, Man Soo Kim, Eun Chul Kim. Retrocorneal membrane after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty. Cornea. 2013 Sep;32(9):1288-90

PMID: 23792439

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