Femtosecond-Laser Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (F-DALK)

Schmidinger, Gerald; Seiler, Theo G.; Donner, Ruth (2022). Femtosecond-Laser Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (F-DALK). In: Armia, Ashraf; Mazzotta, Cosimo (eds.) Keratoconus (pp. 213-222). Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-84506-3_13

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DALK is a demanding procedure performed by comparably few surgeons. Femtosecond-laser assisted DALK (f-DALK) potentially shortens the learning curve for surgeons, which benefits patients by reducing the invasiveness of the procedure, improving the odds against complications and by maintaining patient’s own, healthy endothelial tissue. The key advantage in using the femtosecond laser for DALK is the higher rate of successful intraoperative preparation and thus, fewer conversions to penetrating keratoplasty.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology

UniBE Contributor:

Seiler, Günter Theodor Michael

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISBN:

978-3-030-84505-6

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Günter Theodor Michael Seiler

Date Deposited:

16 Mar 2022 16:33

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:09

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/978-3-030-84506-3_13

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/165746

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/165746

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