Preparation of endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with Gebauer SLc Original versus Moria CBm Carriazo-Barraquer and Moria One-Use Plus microkeratomes

Purpose: To investigate endothelial keratoplasty lenticules prepared from fresh whole eyes via Gebauer SLc Original (SLc) versus Moria CBm Carriazo-Barraquer (CBm), and those prepared from corneoscleral buttons via SLc versus Moria One-Use Plus (OUP) in terms of eye bank preparation criteria. Methods: Fresh whole eyes-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with SLc were compared with CBm in terms of thickness profile measurements, over/under dissection values, endothelial cell loss, and postoperative graft failures. A similar comparison was made between corneoscleral buttons-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with SLc and OUP. Results: Means of central thicknesses and increase of thickness toward periphery were not significantly different between 33 fresh whole eyes-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with SLc and 33 fresh whole eyes-dissected ones with CBm. There was no significant difference between 19 corneoscleral buttons-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with SLc and 19 corneoscleral buttons-dissected ones with OUP in terms of mean central thickness and post-cut endothelial cell loss. However, in the corneoscleral buttons-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules, a mean increase of thickness was significantly different from central to two pericentral locations with OUP (P = 0.001) and from central to two peripheral parts with SLc (P = 0.011). Both CBm and OUP systems showed deeper dissection depths than head descriptions as compared to SLc (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Unlike fresh whole eyes-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with SLc or CBm, thickness profiles of corneoscleral buttons-dissected endothelial keratoplasty lenticules with both SLc and OUP systems showed a partial asymmetric increase of thickness toward the periphery. A high agreement was observed between endothelial keratoplasty lenticules thicknesses and SLc nomograms.

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