The long-term follow-up of patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty for pseudophakic corneal oedema is reported. The cause and frequency of corneal decompensation following intracapsular cataract extraction with insertion of an iris supported lens was assessed and found to be unrelated to the implant in the majority of cases. The most common cause of decompensation was endothelial touch dur...

Lamellar keratoplasty consists of transplanting partial-thickness donor cornea onto a complementary recipient bed. Manual lamellar dissection is technically very difficult, time-consuming, and imprecise. Also, the manually-dissected lamellar interface often has topographical irregularities that may optically degrade the best-corrected visual acuity. The femtosecond clinical laser (IntraLase FS ...

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 evaluate indications, risk factors and outcome of repeat penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) at a tertiary referral eye care center methods : in this retrospective study, medical chart of patients who underwent repeat pkp at labbafinejad medical center between january 2004 and december 2009 were reviewed. results : a total of 1,859 corneal transplantations were performed on 1,624 eyes d...