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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 7  |  Page : 1505-1506

Comments on: Using corneal graft from keratoconic donor for lamellar and penetrating keratoplasties


Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Web Publication25-Jun-2020

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Dr. Manokamna Agarwal
Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Sankara Nethralaya, No. 21, Pycrofts Garden Road, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_138_20

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Dear Editor:

We read with interest the use of keratoconic donor corneas for elective endothelial keratoplasty and emergency penetrating keratoplasty.[1] Collagen cross-linking (CXL) treatment is the current gold standard for imparting biomechanical stability in keratoconus.[2] CXL has also been done to strengthen the donor cornea used as carrier graft for Boston keratoprosthesis to avoid sterile melts.[3] We and others have demonstrated fortification of the donor cornea with preoperative CXL to prevent recurrent infection in therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty done for infective keratitis.[4],[5]

We wish to point out that cross-linking may similarly be performed on a keratoconic donor cornea which has to be used for full-thickness transplant in exigent situations. This may help confer biomechanical stability when grafted in the host eye.

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Kymionis GD, Tabibian D, Voulgari N, Fabro F, Grentzelos MA. Using corneal graft from keratoconic donor for lamellar and penetrating keratoplasties. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:226-9.  Back to cited text no. 1
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Blackburn BJ, Jenkins MW, Rollins AM, Dupps WJ. A review of structural and biomechanical changes in the cornea in aging, disease, and photochemical crosslinking. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019;7:66.  Back to cited text no. 2
    
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Kanellopoulos AJ, Asimellis G. Long-term safety and efficacy of high-fluence collagen crosslinking of the vehicle cornea in Boston keratoprosthesis type 1. Cornea 2014;33:914-8.  Back to cited text no. 3
    
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Popat K, Natarajan R. Safety and efficacy of collagen cross linking for donor corneal button in therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019;5:61-5.  Back to cited text no. 4
    
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Titiyal JS, Karunakaran A, Kaur M, Rathi A, Agarwal T, Sharma N. Collagen cross-linked therapeutic grafts in fungal keratitis. Ophthalmol 2018;125:1471-3.  Back to cited text no. 5
    



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