Product Description
Today’s corneal and anterior segment surgeons are in need of a comprehensive text that covers all endothelial keratoplasty procedures, including DSEK, DMEK, and DSAEK.
DSEK: What You Need to Know About Endothelial Keratoplasty is the first text to explore the rapid evolvement of endothelial keratoplasty (EK) procedures. Endothelial keratoplasty is part of a revolution in corneal transplant surgery in which surgeons perform disease specific tissue replacement, as opposed to full thickness replacement of the cornea for all conditions. Today, patients are demanding EK procedures such as DSEK, DMEK, and DSAEK, instead of standard transplant methods because these newer methods are safer while the visual recovery is quicker and more predictable.
DSEK: What You Need to Know About Endothelial Keratoplasty provides a comprehensive background of EK, where it is today, and where it is headed in the future. Francis W. Price, MD, who was the first to complete DSEK in the United States, along with Marianne Price, PhD, have designed this text to offer a special emphasis on how to perform surgeries along with preventing and managing complications. In addition, a diverse group of contributing authors provides a wide array of insights and tips for better patient outcomes.
Features Inside the Book:
- Current applications of DSEK and DSAEK
- Information on how to perform DMEK, the newest iteration of EK, including a step by step technique and post operative management
- Detailed discussion of air management for EK surgeries and how to avoid unintended consequences
- New techniques of using glides in the Asian Eye
DSEK: What You Need to Know About Endothelial Keratoplasty also includes a DVD with 20 videos demonstrating various techniques revolving around endothelial keratoplasty.
Some Videos Include:
- DSEK Donor Preparation
- DMEK Donor Preparation
- Wound construction
- Insertion Techniques and Instruments
- Graft Positioning and Attachment Techniques
- Special Challenges: Tube Trim, Air Behind Iris
- DMEK Insertion and Positioning
While providing today’s most advanced information regarding endothelial keratoplasty, DSEK: What You Need to Know About Endothelial Keratoplasty is an essential resource for all corneal and anterior segment surgeons.
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Contents
Dedication
About the Authors
Contributing Authors
Foreword
Introduction
SECTION I: Introduction to Endothelial Keratoplasty |
Chapter 1 | Overview of Endothelial Keratoplasty: Past, Present, and Future
William Culbertson, MD |
Chapter 2 | From the Patient’s Perspective
Kathy Kelley, OD; and Elaine Voci, PhD |
Chapter 3 | Indications and Patient Selection for Endothelial Keratoplasty
Francis W. Price Jr, MD |
Chapter 4 | Comparison of Endothelial Keratoplasty and Penetrating Keratoplasty Outcomes
Marianne O. Price, PhD |
SECTION II: Basic DSEK Technique |
Chapter 5 | DSEK Instrumentation and Surgical Technique
Francis W. Price Jr, MD |
Chapter 6 | Postoperative Care
Francis W. Price Jr, MD |
SECTION III: Beyond the Basics |
Chapter 7 | Complications and Challenges: Prevention and Management
Francis W. Price Jr, MD |
Chapter 8 | Special DSEK Techniques for Asian Eyes
Donald Tan, MD; and Jod Mehta, MD |
Chapter 9 | Tips, Insights, and Techniques From Other Surgeons |
Chapter 10 | Descemet’s Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK): The Bare Minimum
Francis W. Price Jr, MD and Arthur W. Geibel, MD |
Chapter 11 | Air Management of Posterior Grafts
Arthur W. Geibel, MD |
SECTION IV: Eye Banking |
Chapter 12 | The Current Status of Eye Banking— Its Relationship to Corneal Surgery and the Future
Jake Requard |
Chapter 13 | Use of Eye Bank Precut vs Surgeon-Dissected Donor Tissue for EK
Mark Gorovoy, MD; and Garret Locke, MBA, CEBT |
SECTION V: Frequently Asked Questions |
Chapter 14 | Frequently Asked Questions
Kashif Baig, MD; Vanessa Ngakeng, MD; and Robert Kwon, MD |
Index |
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Reviews
"This is a concise, well written, and well illustrated book about the most exciting advance in corneal surgery in the past quarter century. The book is well designed and organized into five sections covering every practical and technical aspect of the surgery. This new technology has revolutionized the field of corneal surgery and this book is a timely addition to the field, authored by one of the important pioneers in the field. The authors' clearly meet their objectives with this addition to the ophthalmic literature. The book covers, in a very comprehensive way, each and every aspect of the surgical technique, pitfalls, and solutions for all the steps of the surgery. The chapters are concise, easy to read, and complemented by a rich collection of excellent illustrations. This is a timely addition to the library of corneal surgeons. It is well organized, concise and covers the subject in a practical fashion."
— Stephen E. Orlin, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Doody Enterprises, Inc.
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About the Authors
Francis W. Price Jr, MD, founder and medical director of Price Vision Group in Indianapolis, IN, is an internationally recognized ophthalmic surgeon and recipient of the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and been principal investigator on more than 80 clinical studies of ophthalmic devices, medications, and surgical techniques. He is also an inventor and holds several patents for ophthalmic devices. Dr. Price is a graduate of Indiana University Medical School and completed a fellowship in cornea and external disease at Tulane University. He has been active in developing and teaching endothelial keratoplasty techniques to hundreds of surgeons from around the world.
Marianne Price, PhD, MBA, is executive director of the Cornea Research Foundation of America in Indianapolis, IN. She holds a PhD in Medical and Molecular Genetics from Indiana University School of Medicine. A respected scientist and author, Dr. Price has made presentations to vision care audiences around the world. She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and serves on the Board of Prevent Blindness Indiana, the Indiana University Kelley School of Business – Women MBA’s Alumni Advisory Board, and the Scientific Programs and Research Committees of the Eye Bank Association of America. She and Dr. Francis Price are recipients of Melvin Jones Fellow Awards from the Lions International Foundation and Vision Awards from the Corneal Dystrophy Foundation
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