Lamellar Keratoplasty

FRANKFURT, Germany — A study evaluated the outcomes of three surgical procedures for advanced pellucid marginal degeneration, namely sliding keratoplasty, sliding keratoplasty with relaxing incisions and sector lamellar keratoplasty.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Hawaiian Eye 2022, Audrey Talley Rostov, MD, discusses a lamellar keratoplasty technique for granular dystrophy she has performed using the Visumax femtosecond laser.

NEW ORLEANS — Children younger than 14 years of age who had partial-thickness corneal pathologies benefited long term from deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, according to a presentation.

Corneal structural and morphologic distortion of any degree usually has a negative impact on quality of vision, and patients can often become symptomatic even at an early stage.

Eyes with severe infectious keratitis unresponsive to topical, systemic and injection treatment can benefit from lamellar surgery rather than penetrating keratoplasty, according to one specialist.

Anterior lamellar keratoplasty continues to evolve, with newer surgical techniques and improved surgical instruments, and this progressive, forward movement is transforming the landscape of corneal surgery.

Intraoperative anterior segment OCT provides surgeons with heightened resolution of the structure of the eye and cross-sectional images of the anterior segment to provide extra detail during cataract and complex corneal surgeries.