Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series

PURPOSE: To describe a modified technique of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) assisted by diamond ophthalmic burr (DOB) in two patients with corneal stromal scarring. METHODS: Two patients with corneal stromal scarring underwent a modified DALK technique with corneal stromal polishing assi...

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Autores principales: Kymionis, George D., Grentzelos, Michael A., Petrelli, Myrsini, Giacuzzo, Clarice, Droutsas, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2020
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32279233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00248-8
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author Kymionis, George D.
Grentzelos, Michael A.
Petrelli, Myrsini
Giacuzzo, Clarice
Droutsas, Konstantinos
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description PURPOSE: To describe a modified technique of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) assisted by diamond ophthalmic burr (DOB) in two patients with corneal stromal scarring. METHODS: Two patients with corneal stromal scarring underwent a modified DALK technique with corneal stromal polishing assisted by a DOB until the level of the Descemet membrane. RESULTS: There were no intra- or postoperative complications. Six months postoperatively, the corneal graft was clear, while corrected distance visual acuity improved in both cases. CONCLUSIONS: Burr-assisted DALK seems to represent an alternative surgical technique in patients with corneal stromal scarring. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s40123-020-00248-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-71961112020-05-05 Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series Kymionis, George D. Grentzelos, Michael A. Petrelli, Myrsini Giacuzzo, Clarice Droutsas, Konstantinos Ophthalmol Ther Case Series PURPOSE: To describe a modified technique of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) assisted by diamond ophthalmic burr (DOB) in two patients with corneal stromal scarring. METHODS: Two patients with corneal stromal scarring underwent a modified DALK technique with corneal stromal polishing assisted by a DOB until the level of the Descemet membrane. RESULTS: There were no intra- or postoperative complications. Six months postoperatively, the corneal graft was clear, while corrected distance visual acuity improved in both cases. CONCLUSIONS: Burr-assisted DALK seems to represent an alternative surgical technique in patients with corneal stromal scarring. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s40123-020-00248-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Healthcare 2020-04-11 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7196111/ /pubmed/32279233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00248-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2020, corrected publication 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Giacuzzo, Clarice
Droutsas, Konstantinos
Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series
title Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series
title_full Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series
title_fullStr Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series
title_short Burr-Assisted Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) in Patients with Corneal Stromal Scarring: A Case Series
title_sort burr-assisted anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with corneal stromal scarring: a case series
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196111/
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