An inadvertent usage of the deep stromal lenticule in anterior lamellar keratoplasty – An emancipator technique

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorPannu, Anjuen_US
dc.contributor.authorSati, Aloken_US
dc.contributor.authorMishra, Sanjay Ken_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-25T06:34:29Z
dc.date.available2023-08-25T06:34:29Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractAnterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK), of late, has gained popularity because of its prolonged graft survivability as a result of reduced endothelial cell loss. A 56-year-old female with bilateral granular corneal dystrophy was taken up for ALK in the left eye. Because of unforeseen errors during the procedure, the surgeon was obliged to customize a novel technique by using a deep stromal lenticule after removal of Descemet’s membrane. Post-op visual recovery was equivalent to conventional ALK with complete epithelization of the graft. This new or adapted technique has an added advantage for surgeons to prevent forfeiture of the valuable donor tissue. In the developing world, manual dissection is still the primary technique of lamellar keratoplasty and many precious corneas get wasted because of intra-operative unintended errors of dissection and trephination. Therefore, this novel technique holds its importance in saving the precious corneal tissue, especially in developing countries, and opens a new area for exploration.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Command Hospital (SC), Pune, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsCornea and Anterior Segment Services, New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPannu Anju, Sati Alok, Mishra Sanjay K. An inadvertent usage of the deep stromal lenticule in anterior lamellar keratoplasty – An emancipator technique. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Sep; 70(9): 3409-3411en_US
dc.identifier.issn1998-3689
dc.identifier.issn0301-4738
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/224591
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherAll India Ophthalmological Societyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber9en_US
dc.relation.volume70en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_190_22en_US
dc.subjectAnterior lamellar keratoplastyen_US
dc.subjectfemtosecond laser?assisted lamellar keratoplastyen_US
dc.subjectmicrokeratome?assisted lamellar keratoplastyen_US
dc.titleAn inadvertent usage of the deep stromal lenticule in anterior lamellar keratoplasty – An emancipator techniqueen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
IJO2022v70n9p3409.pdf
Size:
1.55 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Collections
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology