Clinical Trial: Evaluating Results of Neusidl Corneal Inserter in Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK)

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Randomized, Observer-masked, Clinical Trial Comparing the Neusidl Corneal Inserter Corneal Transplant Technique to the Standard Forceps Insertion Technique for Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothe

Brief Summary: This project compares the Neusidl Corneal Injector (NCI) device developed by Fischer Surgical, Inc. for the delivery of tissue into the eye in DSAEK surgery to the current standard forceps insertion DSAEK technique. The goal of this study is to examine the damage to the corneal endothelium resulting from the use of the NCI device in comparison to the use of our standard surgical DSAEK technique over time.