Recipient, donor and surgery characteristics
| All consecutive performed DMEK (n=752) | ||
| Mean±SD or N | % or range | |
| Recipient parameters | ||
| Age, years | 71±10 | 27–91 |
| Sex, male/female | 352/400 | 47%/53% |
| Baseline IOP, mm Hg | 13±3 | 6–29 |
| Baseline CCT, µm | 647±82 | 456–1140 |
| Indication, FED | 678 | 90% |
| Indication, PBK | 18 | 2.5% |
| Indication, graft failure | 37 | 5% |
| Indication, other | 18 | 2.5% |
| Lens status, PPC | 579 | 77% |
| Lens status, phakic | 98 | 13% |
| Lens status, PAC or other | 75 | 10% |
| Ocular comorbidities, except cataract | 104 | 14% |
| Donor parameters | ||
| Age, years | 72±8 | 45–85 |
| Sex, male/female | 478/274 | 63%/36% |
| Graft diameter, mm <8.5/8.5/>8.5 | 109/589/54 | 15%/78%/7% |
| Endothelial cell density, cells/mm2 | 2681±173 | 2300–3200 |
| Complicated graft preparation | 19 | 2.5% |
| Surgery parameters | ||
| Surgical complication | 62 | 8% |
| Descemetorhexis diameter, mm <8.5/8.5/>8.5 | 138/280/334 | 18%/37%/44% |
| Recipient donor sex mismatch | 368 | 49% |
| Surgery date after 2015 | 648 | 86% |
| Phakic DMEK | 47 | 6% |
| Triple procedure | 51 | 7% |
| Eye undergoing surgery, right/left | 383/369 | 51%/49% |
BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; CCT, central cornea thickness; DMEK, Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; ECD, Endothelial cell density; FED, Fuchs endothelial dystrophy; IOP, intraocular pressure; PAC, pseudophakic, anterior chamber; PBK, Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy; PPC, pseudophakic, posterior chamber.