Purpose: To describe a technique that uses a transcorneal suture for safe delivery and fixation of donor tissue during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in patients that are at risk of graft dislocation into the vitreous cavity as a result of minimal or absent iris-lens diaphragm. • Design: Interventional case series. Methods: Thirteen eyes with endothelial decompensation and inadequate iris-lens diaphragm underwent modified Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty surgery. A 10-0 Prolene suture (Ethicon Inc) was passed through the endothelial graft and used to pull the graft into the eye and anchor it onto the recipient cornea. Best-corrected visual acuity, refraction, and complications were recorded. Results: Preoperative best-corrected visual acuity was less than 20/200 in all cases. Eleven patients had a pre-existing comorbidity (glaucoma, n = 8; previous retinal detachment, n = 2; epiretinal membrane n = 1). Average follow-up was 11.3 months (range, 3 to 36 months). No graft dislocation occurred during surgery. After surgery, graft detachment was noted in 2 cases and rebubbling succeeded in achieving reattachment. All patients had successful attachment of the endothelial graft. Postoperative best-corrected visual acuity improved in 11 of 13 patients and remained unchanged in 2 patients. Conclusions: In patients with insufficient iris-lens diaphragm, this technique allowed safe graft delivery, prevented intraoperative and postoperative graft dislocation, and facilitated successful rebubbling in case of postoperative graft detachment.
Transcorneal suture fixation of posterior lamellar grafts in eyes with minimal or absent iris-lens diaphragm
Busin, MassimoUltimo
2011
Abstract
Purpose: To describe a technique that uses a transcorneal suture for safe delivery and fixation of donor tissue during Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in patients that are at risk of graft dislocation into the vitreous cavity as a result of minimal or absent iris-lens diaphragm. • Design: Interventional case series. Methods: Thirteen eyes with endothelial decompensation and inadequate iris-lens diaphragm underwent modified Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty surgery. A 10-0 Prolene suture (Ethicon Inc) was passed through the endothelial graft and used to pull the graft into the eye and anchor it onto the recipient cornea. Best-corrected visual acuity, refraction, and complications were recorded. Results: Preoperative best-corrected visual acuity was less than 20/200 in all cases. Eleven patients had a pre-existing comorbidity (glaucoma, n = 8; previous retinal detachment, n = 2; epiretinal membrane n = 1). Average follow-up was 11.3 months (range, 3 to 36 months). No graft dislocation occurred during surgery. After surgery, graft detachment was noted in 2 cases and rebubbling succeeded in achieving reattachment. All patients had successful attachment of the endothelial graft. Postoperative best-corrected visual acuity improved in 11 of 13 patients and remained unchanged in 2 patients. Conclusions: In patients with insufficient iris-lens diaphragm, this technique allowed safe graft delivery, prevented intraoperative and postoperative graft dislocation, and facilitated successful rebubbling in case of postoperative graft detachment.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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