Intralamellar haemorrhage 44 years following lamellar keratoplasty

Corneal ectasia following deep lamellar keratoplasty.

Keratoconus is a bilateral non-inflammatory corneal ectasia with an incidence of approximately one per 2000 in the general population. Contact lenses are the most common treatment. When contact lenses fail, a surgical approach is necessary for visual rehabilitation. Penetrating keratoplasty has been the traditional and most common mode of treatment and has excellent results. 3 However, more rec...

Endothelial keratoplasty: clinical outcomes in the two years following deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (an American Ophthalmological Society thesis).

PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical outcome of small-incision, deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) for the treatment of endothelial dysfunction. METHODS A prospective series of 79 eyes that underwent DLEK by a single surgeon was evaluated. Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), refractive astigmatism, and central endothelial cell density (ECD) were measured preoperatively and ...

Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty

lar keratoplasty is not new. Mühlbauer was the first to describe a technique for anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) in 1840.1 Penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) has long been the standard treatment for severe corneal pathology. Lamellar surgery has endured significant technical challenges since its inception. The posterior corneal surface is invisible through an operating microscope, due to the s...

Sutureless Lamellar Keratoplasty

Purpose To determine whether a fibrin adhesive can facilitate the performance of sutureless lamellar keratoplasty and attachment of amnion to bare sclera.

[Posterior lamellar keratoplasty].