Stability of vision, topography, and endothelial cell density from 1 year to 2 years after deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty surgery

Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty provides stable refractions, corneal topography, and endothelial cell densities as long as 2 years after surgery. The absence of corneal sutures in this technique seems to prevent the sutures in/sutures out changes in SE refractions and corneal topography sometimes seen after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty is, therefore, an excellent alternative to PK for patients with endothelial dystrophies.