LATERAL TARSORRHAPHY AND DISPOSABLE SOFT CONTACT-LENSES IN ANIRIDIA PATIENTS AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY

Authors
AU YK LUCIUS RW
Citation
Yk. Au et Rw. Lucius, LATERAL TARSORRHAPHY AND DISPOSABLE SOFT CONTACT-LENSES IN ANIRIDIA PATIENTS AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY, Ophthalmic surgery, 24(6), 1993, pp. 425-427
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
Ophthalmic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
24
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
425 - 427
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1993)24:6<425:LTADSC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report our experience with two patients with familial aniridia who underwent combined cataract extraction and penetrating keratoplasty. P ersistent epithelial defects developed in all four eyes within 4 month s. Combined lateral tarsorrhaphy and application of disposable soft co ntact lenses restored the integrity of the corneal epithelium, and 21 months after surgery, the grafts were clear and avascular.