title: Transient peripheral edema following displaced corneal graft after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK): case presentation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Descemet's Stripping with Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) is constantly gaining popularity in the management of endothelial dysfunctions such as bullous keratopathy or Fuchs' dystrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 36 year-old man with Fuchs' dystrophy underwent combined phacoemulsification and DSAEK of the right eye. Immediately postoperatively, corneal graft displacement and peripheral corneal edema which remained stable during the first postoperative month were evident on slit lamp examination. Three months after the procedure the peripheral edema had completely resolved and the patients' subjective symptoms were improved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The purpose of this case presentation is to demonstrate that corneal graft displacement after DSAEK can lead to peripheral corneal edema that can resolve without further intervention such as graft repositioning or replacement.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vision and Optics University of Crete, Greece. kymionis@med.uoc.gr
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kymionis
authors.forename: Dimitra M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Portaliou
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: Sonia H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D057111:Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005642:Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification