title: [Corneal examination in patients with bullous keratopathy before and after endothelial keratoplasty].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate corneal status in patients with bullous keratopathy before and after endothelial keratoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 16 patients (18 eyes) with bullous keratopathy were examined before and after DSAEK. Confocal microscopy ("Nidek", Japan) was used for corneal status evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Follow-up examinations were performed 3, 6, and 24 months after the surgery. In all patients minor corneal opacity persisted for the whole follow-up period but tended to decrease. It is shown that visual acuity is most dependent on light scattering in the anterior stroma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anterior stromal haze is shown to have greater impact on visual acuity than opacities, folds, and birefringent deposits within the host-donor interface. Duration of bullous keratopathy, patient's age, and comorbidity are the factors that influence anterior and deep stromal haze development and changes over time.
authors: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Truphanov
authors: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors: M V
authors: MV
authors: Kobzova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D057111:Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008875:Middle Aged; D057234:Preoperative Period; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity