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Current techniques of lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus

Leopoldo Spadea and Victoria De Rosa
Saudi Medical Journal February 2016, 37 (2) 127-136; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.12985

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    Forms of anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) procedures available for keratoconus.

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    Biomicroscopic examination one month after custom excimer laser-assisted lamellar keratoplasty in a 31-year-old keratoconus patient. Sixteen interrupted 10-0 nylon sutures and a clear cornea are visible.

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    Biomicroscopic examination showed a clear and well integrated lamellar graft in a 35-year-old keratoconus patient who had descemetic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (big-bubble technique) 6 months previously. Two double-running 12 bites sutures are present.

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    Figure 4

    Anterior segment Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography image 2 years after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in a 22-year-old keratoconus patient. A healthy epithelium, the edge of the graft and the interface between donor and recipient cornea (arrows) are notable.

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