Preoperative surgeon evaluation of corneal endothelial status: the Viability Control of Human Endothelial Cells before Keratoplasty (V-CHECK) study protocol

Airaldi, Matteo; Zheng, Yalin; Aiello, Francesco; Bachmann, Björn; Baydoun, Lamis; Ní Dhubhghaill, Sorcha; M. Dickman, Mor; B. Kaye, Stephen; Fontana, Luigi; A. Gadhvi, Kunal; Moramarco, Antonello; Rodríguez‐Calvo‐de‐Mora, Marina; Rocha‐de‐Lossada, Carlos; Scorcia, Vincenzo; Viola, P.; Calza, Stefano; J. Levis, Hannah; Parekh, Mohit; Ruzza, Alessandro; Ferrari, Stefano; Ponzin, Diego; Semeraro, Francesco; Romano, Vito

doi:10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001361

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Preoperative surgeon evaluation of corneal endothelial status: the Viability Control of Human Endothelial Cells before Keratoplasty (V-CHECK) study protocol

Published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology • Sep 1, 2023

Authors:

Matteo Airaldi

Yalin Zheng

Francesco Aiello

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The success of keratoplasty strongly depends on the health status of the transplanted endothelial cells. Donor corneal tissues are routinely screened for endothelial damage before shipment; however, surgical teams have currently no means of assessing the overall viability of corneal en...

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Medicine

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Corneal transplantation

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