Semih Çakmak, MD, Istanbul University, Türkiye
Hyeck Soo Son, MD, FEBO, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
BMC Ophthalmology is calling for submissions to our Collection on Complex keratoplasty, exploring surgical techniques, clinical outcomes, and challenges faced in the implementation of complex keratoplasty procedures.
Semih Çakmak, MD, Istanbul University, Türkiye
Semih Çakmak received his medical degree from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. He then completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Beyoğlu Eye Training and Research Hospital of the University of Health Sciences, Turkey. He completed his medical specialty training thesis on Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty. He has published over 25 scientific articles and presented at various ophthalmological meetings. His main areas of interest are corneal surgery, corneal surface disease, cataract and refractive surgery. He is continuing academic studies at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine.
Hyeck Soo Son, MD, FEBO, University Hospital Heidelberg, GermanyHyeck-Soo Son, MD, FEBO, is a corneal surgeon and deputy medical director of the LIONS Cornea Bank at the University Eye Clinic of Heidelberg. After his ophthalmology training in Heidelberg, he completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, where he focused on keratoconus, cataract surgery, and development of genetic treatment modality for inherited corneal diseases.
BMC Ophthalmology is calling for submissions to our Collection on Complex keratoplasty. Complex keratoplasty refers to advanced corneal transplant procedures designed to replace damaged or diseased corneal tissue with healthy donor tissue, aiming to restore vision and improve corneal function. Procedures like penetrating keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), and keratoprosthetics often result in varied surgical outcomes, graft rejection, and postoperative care complexities.
The aim of this Collection is to explore the surgical techniques used in complex keratoplasty procedures, discuss the challenges in implementing these techniques, highlight their clinical outcomes, and present new insights into therapeutic approaches. Therefore, this Collection welcomes research articles that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
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