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Penetrating keratoplasty and glaucoma
1Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Survey of Ophthalmology
|October 18, 2000
Abstract:
Glaucoma remains the leading cause of blindness after penetrating keratoplasty. Post-keratoplasty glaucoma was originally described in 1969, and its management is still controversial. Recent developments in management include newer classes of drugs, surgical procedures, such as trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C, implantation of glaucoma drainage devices, and cyclodestructive procedures with Nd: YAG and diode lasers. However, the risk of graft failure continues to be high with all surgical procedures.