Corneal Graft Failure

Perioperative and postoperative risk factors for corneal graft failure

PURPOSE In this study, we assessed the outcome of penetrating keratoplasties using organ-cultured corneal tissues at the University Eye Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. The goal was to identify perioperative and postoperative risk factors that may affect graft survival. PATIENTS AND METHODS The medical records of 377 patients who underwent a penetrating keratoplasty b...

Treatment of anterior corneal scarring, following DSAEK graft failure, with combined graft exchange and phototherapeutic keratectomy

BACKGROUND To present a method, alternative to penetrating keratoplasty, for the restoration of impaired corneal clarity with anterior stromal scarring following long-standing corneal graft failure. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year old female who had previously underwent Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) for the treatment of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, presented w...

Penetrating Corneal Graft.

Prognostic factors for corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection following penetrating keratoplasty

BACKGROUND To investigate the outcome and prognostic factors for corneal graft recovery after severe corneal graft rejection following penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) treated with topical and systemic steroids. METHODS Fifty-eight eyes in 58 patients with severe corneal graft rejection following PKP were treated with topical and systemic steroids. Factors affecting the reversibility and mainte...

Eventual Endothelial Failure After Initial Corneal Clearing After a Detached Endothelial Graft in Fuchs Dystrophy

mated Bowman layer preparation with a 90to 100-mm-thick donor lamella of anterior stroma (instead of an 8to 12-mm-thick isolated Bowman layer graft). In our experience, the presence of donor stroma seems to degrade the optical quality of the transplanted cornea (as Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty/Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty grafts containing donor stroma ma...