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CASE REPORT
Tailored lamellar keratoplasty: a new technique
  1. Mohammad Solaimani,
  2. Seyed Ali Tabatabaei,
  3. Zahra Fallah Tafti
  1. Ocular Trauma and Emergency Unit, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
  1. Correspondence to Professor Mohammad Solaimani, soleimani_md{at}yahoo.com

Summary

We present a new method for treating complicated corneal gaps among patients who have previously undergone radial keratotomy (RK).

After complete healing of a fungal keratitis in a patient who has undergone RK, we removed the oedematous corneal sector and put anterior tailored segment of a corneal button previously used for Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty. The patient's best-corrected visual acuity reached to 20/20 6 months later. This technique will compensate for oedematous parts without putting a significant effect on other parts such as purse string sutures.

  • anterior chamber
  • eye

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220262

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MS: planning, conduct, reporting, conception and design. SAT: planning and writing. ZFT: conclusion, follow-up and writing.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.