[Keratoplasty -- a simple classification/terminology of current treatment options]

Thanks to technical advances the surgical options for corneal grafting have been widely expanded in recent years. Promoted by new instruments and techniques for intrastromal dissection a number of variations of lamellar keratoplasty, including descriptive terms and abbreviations have been suggested. This creative chaos, however, lacks simplicity, specificity and structure. Following a short definition of the basic terms we here present a simplified and clearly structured classification, which also incorporates the Anglo-American terminology and should, therefore, be acceptable for the wider international ophthalmic community.