Background: To evaluate the in vivo corneal changes using in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in patients with Fuchs' dystrophy who underwent Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) and the relationship between these changes and the postoperative visual recovery up to 1-year follow-up. Methods: Before DSAEK and 1 day, 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery 31 patients (39 pseudophakic eyes) underwent a complete ophthalmological evaluation including best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), IVCM (subepithelial haze, interface haze, graft thickness) and AS-OCT (graft thickness). Results: Graft thickness measurements by AS-OCT were strongly correlated to those obtained using IVCM at every follow-up stage (intraclass correlation coefficient∈=∈0.95 to 0.97 between 3 and 12 months, P∈
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Mencucci, R., Favuzza, E., Tartaro, R., Busin, M., & Virgili, G. (2015). Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in Fuchs’ corneal endothelial dystrophy: Anterior segment optical coherence tomography and in vivo confocal microscopy analysis. BMC Ophthalmology, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-015-0096-x
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