Preliminary clinical study on perforating prosthokeratoplasty.
Аннотация
PURPOSE: To observe the effects of perforating prosthokeratoplasty on patients with leucoma who failed in keratoplasty or were not suitable for keratoplasty, and improved their vision.
METHODS
Five cases with leucoma (4 with chemical burn and 1 with blast) received Yakimenko Style keratoprosthesis implantation. Preoperative examination showed the visual acuity in 4 of the 5 cases was light perception, and that of the other one was FC/20 cm. The light orientation in 3 patients was definite, and that in the other two was indefinite.
RESULTS
The vision improved in 4 of 5 patients in the follow-up period of 9 months to 3 years. Their visual acuity showed 0.09 to 0.8. And there was no change of vision in the other 1 case.
CONCLUSIONS
Prosthokeratoplasty is the first choice for rehabilitation of the blind that have leucoma but are not suitable for or failed in penetrating keratoplasty.
Предметные рубрики MeSH
Подготовка и перевод публикации
Обработка статьи · этапы, ошибки и управление
Ошибки и ограничения
История · было → стало
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