Narrator With the help of an innovative procedure known as dsaek, Jolie will have the damaged portion of his cornea replaced by eye surgeon Rick Fraunfelder of Portland's Casey Eye Institute.

The graft is then gently pulled inside the eye. As the graft is being pulled ... Third, the incision is smaller than that for standard DSAEK, which may offer some safety advantages.

During Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), Descemet's membrane and the endothelium are stripped away. Only part of the donor cornea is transplanted. This tissue ...