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[Keratoprosthesis from a personal collection 15-year old material]
A Gierek-Lapińska1, B Kamińska-Olechnowicz, E Dworenko-Dworkin
1I Kliniki Okulistycznej AM w Katowicach, Poland.
Klinika Oczna
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
The study presents the analysis of a 15-years material concerning the keratoprosthesis in severe corneal leukoma of various aetiology. The material comprises 82 cases of corneal leukoma of the 5th category (hopeless leukoma) caused in the majority of cases by chemical burns as well as post-inflammatory leukoma, on the background of pemphigus, after opacified corneal grafting. The authors discuss the characteristic complications of keratoprosthesis and present their personal results.