In:
Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina, SLACK, Inc., Vol. 29, No. 4 ( 1998-04), p. 305-308
Abstract:
* BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine whether ensured graft acceptance through the use of corneal autografts yields a better outcome than when standard homografts are used. * PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four patients who needed a corneal transplant in one eye and who had a blind fellow eye underwent a corneal autograft in the eye with corneal pathology. * RESULTS: Three of the four patients had clear grafts on long-term follow-up, and no patient experienced immunologic graft rejection. However, two of the four patients had large amounts of astigmatism postoperatively. * CONCLUSION: Autografts provided protection against immunologic graft rejection. However, because corneal autografts yielded unpredictable amounts of astigmatism, their outcomes are not necessarily better than those of homografts. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1998;29:305-308.]
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2325-8160
,
2325-8179
DOI:
10.3928/1542-8877-19980401-09
Language:
English
Publisher:
SLACK, Inc.
Publication Date:
1998
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