A case of severe corneal flattening after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty.
Eur J Ophthalmol
; 26(1): e4-7, 2015 Dec 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26350990
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To report a case of extreme corneal flattening after initially uneventful Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK).METHODS:
A 76-year-old man underwent uneventful DSEK for pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) in his left eye. Postoperative evaluations were performed using anterior segment optical coherence tomography and biomicroscopy.RESULTS:
The DSEK graft showed full adherence to the host stroma. Two weeks after surgery, the transplanted cornea developed pronounced flattening of the central corneal curvature accompanied by graft folds and remained unchanged until the most recent follow-up 20 weeks after surgery.CONCLUSIONS:
Severe corneal flattening may be an undescribed complication occurring after uneventful DSEK, without any concomitant ocular pathology or detectable cause.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Cornea
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Corneal Diseases
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Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur J Ophthalmol
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article