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.

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