The effects of retinal detachment repair on clear corneal grafts

Seven patients who underwent retinal detachment surgery after penetrating keratoplasty all achieved successful reattachment, but one graft failed (14%) within six months. Four of the seven eyes were aphakic or pseudophakic and three, including the one in which the graft failed, were phakic at the time of retinal detachment. All patients had scleral exoplant buckling procedures and three had external drainage of fluid.