title: [Endothelial keratoplasty: Descemet stripping (DSEK) using TAN EndoGlide™ device: case series].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the results of Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) using the TAN EndoGlideTM device to facilitate the insertion of the endothelial membrane.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective clinical study that included nine patients presenting corneal edema secondary to endothelial dysfunction. Best corrected visual acuity, refraction, central corneal thickness, endothelial cell density and complications were analyzed after a six-month follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant improvement in the corneal edema and visual acuity in 7 patients (77.78%). The best corrected visual acuity ranged between 20/40 and 20/200. The average density of endothelial cells in six months varied between 1,305 cells/mm² and 2,346 cells/mm² with an average loss of 33.14% cells. Detachment of part of the graft was observed in one eye (11.11%) and primary failure of the endothelial transplantation occurred in 2 eyes (22.22%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The device TAN EndoGlideTM facilitates the introduction of the graft in Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Suel Abujamra, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Henrique Santiago Baltar
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Pazos
authors.forename: Paula Fernanda Morais Ramalho Baltar
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Pazos
authors.forename: Pedro Antônio
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nogueira Filho
authors.forename: Ana Beatriz Diniz
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Grisolia
authors.forename: André Berger Emiliano
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: José Álvaro Pereira
authors.initials: JÁ
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D057111:Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity