2023
Trends and Surgeon Variations in Early Regrafts After Endothelial Keratoplasty: Analysis of the National Medicare Data Set
Huh D, Dun C, Fliotsos M, Jeng B, Stoeger C, Makary M, Woreta F, Wolle M, Srikumaran D. Trends and Surgeon Variations in Early Regrafts After Endothelial Keratoplasty: Analysis of the National Medicare Data Set. Cornea 2023, 42: 1016-1026. PMID: 36853597, DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000003252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegraft rateEndothelial keratoplastyHighest quartileHospital-based outpatient departmentsMultivariable regression modelsMedicare data setCohort studyPerioperative managementMale sexOutpatient departmentPatient counselingBlack raceFemale sexSurgeon variationSurgeon variabilityHigher oddsWhite raceLower oddsAmbulatory centerRegraftsEK proceduresKeratoplastyMedicare carriersSurgery
2022
Exposure of Ophthalmology Residents to Cornea and Keratorefractive Surgeries in the United States
Tsou B, Eller Z, Fliotsos M, Qiu M, Zafar S, Srikumaran D, Bower K, Woreta F. Exposure of Ophthalmology Residents to Cornea and Keratorefractive Surgeries in the United States. Journal Of Academic Ophthalmology 2022, 14: e169-e177. PMID: 37388169, PMCID: PMC9928004, DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDescemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in eyes with COL8A2-associated corneal dystrophy
Dzhaber D, Fliotsos MJ, Abousy M, Kancherla S, Siadati S, Eberhart CG, Gottsch JD, Eghrari AO. Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in eyes with COL8A2-associated corneal dystrophy. American Journal Of Ophthalmology Case Reports 2022, 26: 101544. PMID: 35540705, PMCID: PMC9079234, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDescemet membrane endothelial keratoplastyCentral corneal thicknessEndothelial keratoplastyVisual acuityCorneal thicknessCorneal dystrophyPostoperative central corneal thicknessFirst postoperative yearTertiary academic centerExcellent visual acuityDecades of lifeCorneal endothelial dystrophyAnterior corneal changesPostoperative yearBullous keratopathyCorneal changesCorneal edemaManifest refractionThin corneasCorneal hazeChronic oedemaSpherical equivalentRefractive errorRefractive shiftEndothelial dystrophy
2021
Trends in Early Graft Failure Leading to Regrafting After Endothelial Keratoplasty in the United States
Fliotsos MJ, Campbell JA, Li X, Engstrom MB, Stoeger CG, McClory C, Titus MS, Johnson P, Johnston KB, Fischer T, Brooks LK, Montoya MM, Glasser DB, Akpek EK, Srikumaran D. Trends in Early Graft Failure Leading to Regrafting After Endothelial Keratoplasty in the United States. Cornea 2021, 41: 833-839. PMID: 34369391, PMCID: PMC8818059, DOI: 10.1097/ico.0000000000002831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDescemet membrane endothelial keratoplastyEarly graft failureGraft failureEndothelial keratoplastyEye bankStudy periodHigher donor ageDonor tissue characteristicsSurgical learning curveEndothelial Keratoplasty TissueLinear mixed model analysisDSAEK graftsRecipient ageAdverse eventsDescemet strippingBorderline significanceGraft casesGraft volumeSubset analysisDonor ageMixed model analysisKeratoplastyDSAEKTissue characteristicsRecipient level