Cost Drivers of Endothelial Keratoplasty

Endothelial keratoplasty (EK) procedures have become the preferred method of corneal transplantation in the United States. As the frequency of EKs increase, so do associated costs.

Dr. Matt Feng interviews Drs. David S. Portney and Shahzad I. Mian about their recent analysis

to assess for differences in surgical costs and surgery length based on type of EK, use of preloaded grafts, and performance of simultaneous cataract surgery with EK from their Ophthalmology article “Cost Drivers of Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis.”

Cost Drivers of Endothelial Keratoplasty. Goldstein, Jenna K. et al. Ophthalmology, Volume 130, Issue 10, 1073 – 1079.

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