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The authors thank Dr. Jim Innes for his support, Dr. Vito Romano and Dr. John Sharp for facilitating the wet lab. The authors also thank all the delegates who attended the DMEK wet lab at Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
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Khanam, T., Parekh, M. Importance of gauging wet lab training outcome to increase safety and enhance the uptake of DMEK surgery. Eye (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-024-03144-8
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