GRAFT FAILURE IN KERATOEPITHELIOPLASTY

We report three patients undergoing keratoepithelioplasty using donor limbal tissue. All three had significant vascularization of the recipi ent bed and all three had inflammatory reactions with apparent partial replacement of the donor epithelium with host epithelium. Limbal tran splantation, which is likely to include significant numbers of donor L angerhans' cells, may well increase the risk of graft failure in kerat oepithelioplasty.