Open AccessBilateral posterior lamellar corneal transplant surgery in an infant of 17 weeks old: Surgical challenges and the added value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography
Author(s) -
Muijzer Marc B.,
Kroes Hester Y.,
Hasselt Peter M.,
Wisse Robert P. L.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5637
Subject(s) - medicine , optical coherence tomography , corneal transplantation , ophthalmology , keratoconus , surgery , corneal dystrophy , corneal transplant , cornea
This study aimed to describe the surgical challenges, management, and value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography in a case of a bilateral Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty corneal transplantation at 17 weeks of age for the treatment of severe posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy resulting from a de novo mutation of the OVOL2‐gene.