Rao S K, Fogla R, Sitalakshmi G, Padmanabhan P
Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 2000 Nov-Dec;31(6):457-61.
To describe a systematic approach to corneal autografting.
Retrospective review of case records of 3 patients who underwent this procedure.
All patients achieved satisfactory visual recovery. Oversized grafts of 0.5 mm had less post-operative complications in the recipient eye. A phakic blind eye that received a 0.5 mm undersized graft had a temporary ocular hypertensive phase.
Corneal autografting is a safe and effective technique in selected patients. The preferred surgical technique consists of surgery first on the blind eye, excision of a 0.5 mm oversized donor graft, cataract extraction if the eye is phakic, and use of an appropriate temporary keratoprosthesis to maintain donor eye integrity until autografting is completed in the eye with visual potential.
