This article aims to provide some personal surgical tips increase the success rate of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), a very advantageous yet complex procedure for treating keratoconus. The most troublesome step is obtaining successful pneumatic dissection stromal tissue, allowing exposure cleavage plane. following may aid trainee surgeon in mastering this step, among others: perfor...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) using Melles technique (technique B) in patients with advanced keratoconus versus a classic technique, penetrating keratoplasty (technique A). METHODOLOGY Retrospective descriptive comparative study between technique A and technique B in homogeneous groups. RESULTS Best corrected visual acuity (Snellen te...