Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty

**Definition:** A surgical procedure or KERATOPLASTY involving selective stripping and replacement of diseased host DESCEMET MEMBRANE and CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM with a suitable and healthy donor posterior lamella. The advantage to this procedure is that the normal corneal surface of the recipient is retained, thereby avoiding corneal surface incisions and sutures.

**Tree numbers:** - E02.095.147.725.262 - E04.540.825.374.112 - E04.936.580.262