Impact of postoperative macular comorbidity on visual outcomes after Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty: A multicenter analysis

Naoya Nakagawa; Ami Igarashi; Hideaki Yokogawa; Akira Kobayashi; Tomomi Higashide; Satoru Yamagami; Takahiko Hayashi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343883

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Impact of postoperative macular comorbidity on visual outcomes after Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty: A multicenter analysis

Naoya Nakagawa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naoya Nakagawa, Ami Igarashi

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Ami Igarashi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naoya Nakagawa, Ami Igarashi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hideaki Yokogawa,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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Akira Kobayashi,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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Tomomi Higashide,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9566-4587

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Satoru Yamagami,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Takahiko Hayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: takamed@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8704-680X

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Impact of postoperative macular comorbidity on visual outcomes after Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty: A multicenter analysis

Naoya Nakagawa,
Ami Igarashi,
Hideaki Yokogawa,
Akira Kobayashi,
Tomomi Higashide,
Satoru Yamagami,
Takahiko Hayashi

Published: February 26, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343883

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