Baseline characteristics of DMEK recipients stratified by donor lens status
| Pseudophakic donors (n=86) | Phakic donors (n=85) | P value | |||
| Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | 74.4 (9.1) | 72.8 (8.7) | 0.101 | ||
| Female | 55 (64.0) | 57 (67.1) | 0.669 | ||
| Reason for DMEK | |||||
| FED | 77 (89.5) | 79 (92.9) | 0.658 | ||
| Bullous keratopathy | 7 (8.1) | 4 (4.7) | |||
| Graft failure | 2 (2.4) | 2 (2.4) | |||
| Type of DMEK | |||||
| DMEK | 46 (53.5) | 46 (54.1) | 0.996 | ||
| Re-DMEK | 2 (2.4) | 2 (2.4) | |||
| Triple DMEK | 38 (44.2) | 37 (43.6) | |||
| Donor tissue at surgery | |||||
| Age (years) | 77.5 (9.1) | 67.2 (11.2) | <0.001 | ||
| Female | 45 (52.2) | 35 (41.2) | 0.182 | ||
| ECD (cells/mm2) | 2272 (250) | 2370 (204) | 0.007 | ||
| Cultivation time (days) | 16.2 (4.1) | 15.1 (3.1) | 0.082 | ||
| Postmortem time (hours) | 29.4 (11.4) | 29.4 (13.8) | 0.987 | ||
DMEK, Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; ECD, endothelial cell density; FED, Fuchs endothelial dystrophy .