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
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