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Corneal Donor Tissue Preparation for Endothelial Keratoplasty
Published on: June 12, 2012
Endothelial keratoplasty in eyes with a retained angle-supported intraocular lens
Konstantinos Droutsas1,2, Apostolos Lazaridis3,4, George Kymionis3,5
1First Department of Ophthalmology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527, Athens, Greece. kd2903@yahoo.gr.
Purpose:
To describe the outcomes of endothelial keratoplasty (EK) for bullous keratopathy in eyes with a retained angle-supported anterior chamber intraocular lens (acIOL).
Methods:
Among 263 consecutive EK procedures, 7 DMEK and 11 DSAEK procedures were identified in eyes with an acIOL and included in the present retrospective case series. Pre- and postoperative status including ocular history, anatomical outcome and complications as well as best-corrected visual acuity was evaluated.
Results:
Ocular history included complicated cataract surgery (n = 11), ocular trauma (n = 4) and primary intracapsular cataract extraction (n = 3). Surgery-related complications included primary graft failure (n = 1), graft detachment (n = 1), endophthalmitis (n = 1) and allograft rejection (n = 1). A clear cornea at the final examination (14 ± 4 months) was observed in 14/18 (78%), while the visual outcome was limited due to significant ocular comorbidity in 9 out of 14 uncomplicated procedures.
Conclusion:
The presented short-term outcomes suggest that both DMEK and DSAEK are feasible in eyes with an angle-supported acIOL yielding an acceptable graft survival rate in the first postoperative year.
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