purpose: to assess parameters that had a capability of influencing the rate of big bubble formation during deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in keratoconus. methods: a total of 290 consecutive eyes from 257 patients with keratoconus that underwent dalk using the big-bubble technique were enrolled. the influence of patient age and sex, family history of keratoconus, history of contact l...

purpose: to compare the clinical outcomes following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) for keratoconic patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (vkc) and without vkc. methods: in this retrospective comparative study, the records for 262 eyes with keratoconus only (group 1) and 28 keratoconic eyes with vkc (group 2) that underwent dalk were complied. the parameters reviewed included the...

purpose: to report a case of candida glabrata endophthalmitis after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty methods: interventional case report results: a young male patient presented with asymptomatic white to cream-colored interface deposits two months after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty. after a while, severe anterior chamber reaction together with decreased visual acuity developed. becaus...

purpose : to review the visual outcome and complications of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) using the big-bubble technique in patients with corneal ectasia methods : eighteen consecutive patients with keratoconus or post-lasik ectasia with poor spectacle-corrected visual acuity and/or contact lens intolerance were enrolled in this study between october 2005 and september 2006. dalk b...

DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY: A NEW MANUAL TECHNIQUE Rama et al report visual outcomes in 288 eyes undergoing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty with a new manual dissection technique. A deep corneal incision was obtained with a calibrated diamond knife to reach a pre-Descemet plane. At the 2-year postoperative follow-up, the mean logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution best specta...

purpose: to investigate the biomechanical features of transplanted corneas after penetrating keratoplasty (pk), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk), and descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) and compare these measurements with those of a normal group. methods: forty-five eyes of 36 patients underwent pk, 23 eyes of 21 patients received dalk using anwar’s big bubbl...

purpose: to compare outcomes of two techniques (anwar vs. melles) of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: this randomized double-blind clinical trial was performed on 57 eyes of 57 patients with keratoconus. patients aged 20-35 years with a clinical diagnosis of keratoconus who were contact lens intolerant and had corrected distance visual acuity (cd...

PURPOSE To report the indications and techniques of corneal transplantation at a tertiary referral center in Tehran over a 3-year period. METHODS Records of patients who had undergone any kind of corneal transplantation at Labbafinejad Medical Center, Tehran, Iran from March 2004 to March 2007 were reviewed to determine the indications and types of corneal transplantation. RESULTS During th...

OBJECTIVE To describe a surgical modification of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK) and posterior lamellar keratoplasty (PLK) procedures, to facilitate surgery on standing horses under-sedation. ANIMALS STUDIED Four client-owned horses, for which the owners declined surgery under general anesthesia, underwent standing corneal lamellar keratoplasty procedures for the treatment of de...