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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd
; 224(3): 200-2, 2007 Mar.
Artigo
em Alemão
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17385122
RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Traumatic wound dehiscence is a rare complication after penetrating keratoplasty. Limbo-keratoplasty seems to alter the pattern of rupture after blunt trauma. CASE REPORT: We report on one patient with dehiscence of a penetrating limbo-keratoplasty after blunt trauma. RESULTS: The dehiscence occurred over the entire extent of the clear corneal scar, whereas the sclero-corneal interface remained adapted. CONCLUSIONS: This case suggests a different tensile strength of these two scar types, possibly associated with their different grades of vascularization or epithelialization.