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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of excimer laser in situ keratomileusis in correcting severe myopia and astigmatism after penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS Excimer laser in situ keratomileusis was performed on ten eyes of ten patients to correct high ametropia in cases having previously undergone penetrating keratoplasty. RESULTS After surgery, all grafts remained clear and no corneal gra...

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...

Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang Univ Abbreviations and Acronyms: CDS 1⁄4 Cornea Donor Study; DMEK 1⁄4 Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty; DSEK 1⁄4 Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty; ECD 1⁄4 endothelial cell density; EK 1⁄4 endothelial keratoplasty; FECD 1⁄4 Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy; MCMC 1⁄4 Markov chain Monte Carlo; PACE 1⁄4 pseudo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Blunt ocular trauma to a corneal transplanted eye represents a higher risk for wound rupture at the donor-recipient interface. We have evaluated the causes, clinical characteristics, treatment and outcome, particularly the graft's clarity, in patients with traumatic wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty. METHODS Between March 1996 and April 2006, over a period...

PURPOSE To report a case of retained Descemet's membrane following penetrating keratoplasty in a patient suffering from Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy. The use of confocal microscopy, histopathological tissue analysis, and treatment options are discussed. METHODS Case report of an 85-year-old man with a past ophthalmic history of atrophic macular degeneration, underwent a penetrating ke...

INTRODUCTION Infectious keratitis following penetrating keratoplasty is a common postoperative complication. Intensive topical and systemic treatments do not always prevent the risk of graft failure. In this report we demonstrate the beneficial anti-microbial effect of corneal collagen cross-linking in a late-onset, sight-threatening, corneal graft ulcer. CASE PRESENTATION A 57-year old Cauca...