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Year : 2011 | Volume
: 59 | Issue : 4 | Page : 308--310
Can we overcome the challenges of sutures in lamellar keratoplasty?
Anita Panda1, Sandeep Kumar2 1 Cornea Services, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India 2 Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Anita Panda DII/33, Ansari Nagar, AIIMS, New Delhi - 110 029 India
Lamellar keratoplasty (LK) is a technique which can be followed for both tectonic and optical purposes. We describe a technique of sutureless anterior LK by fixing the donor lenticule to the recipient bed using fibrin glue. LK was performed in an eye with corneal opacity using the manual dissection method. The donor lenticule was cut with a microkeratome after fixing the corneoscleral rim in an artificial anterior chamber. The size of the donor lenticule was 8.5 mm and fixed to the recipient bed with fibrin glue. The surgical time was reduced significantly with this technique. There was an uneventful postoperative period during the follow-up of 12 months. Best corrected visual acuity improved from hand movement to 20/60. Thus, the use of fibrin glue for fixing the anterior lamellar lenticule is a viable option for both optical and anatomical purposes.
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Panda A, Kumar S. Can we overcome the challenges of sutures in lamellar keratoplasty?.Indian J Ophthalmol 2011;59:308-310
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Panda A, Kumar S. Can we overcome the challenges of sutures in lamellar keratoplasty?. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2011 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];59:308-310
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