title: Making the transition from PK to DSEK: experiences during the learning curve.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report our experiences during the transition from penetrating keratoplasty to Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK).
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients undergoing DSEK during the period of April 2008 to April 2009 were included in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All grafts were attached and clear at both the 6- and 12 -month follow-up examinations. Mean best-corrected visual acuity was 0.6 at 6 months and 0.7 at 12 months for patients without other ocular comorbidity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With adequate attention to detail, DSEK seems to be a safe and successful treatment for corneal endothelial disease, also during the surgeon's learning curve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iceland, The National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. eydiso@simnet.is
authors.forename: Eydís
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ólafsdóttir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002983:Clinical Competence; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000601:surgery*; D057111:Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D005642:Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D059032:Learning Curve; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology