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case_images: Photographs of an eye affected by canine endothelial dystrophy before and after Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) in a 16-month-old Tibetan Terrier. Preoperatively (A), diffuse edema had resulted in complete opacification of the cornea, with no visibility of anterior chamber structures. Corneal pachymetry measured 1400 microns centrally. Twelve days after surgery (B), the cornea began to clear, and the pupil became visible. Pachymetry improved to 800 microns at 4 months. At 40 months (C), the graft remained clear and opacification in the peripheral cornea continued to resolve. The iris and lens are now clearly visible.
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case_images: Pachymetry was 1400 microns, and the edema reached a level of diffuse opacification, as visible in Figure 1.
case_images: The graft, stained with trypan blue to assist with visualization, is loaded into the inserter prior to surgery and pulled close to the tip to assist with its delivery using a pull-through method.
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case_images: A depiction of the inserter, preloaded with the graft stained with trypan blue, is included in Figure 2.
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