Bilateral posterior lamellar corneal transplant surgery in an infant of 17 weeks old: Surgical challenges and the added value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography | Zendy

Muijzer Marc B. | Zendy; Kroes Hester Y. | Zendy; Hasselt Peter M. | Zendy; Wisse Robert P. L. | Zendy

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Bilateral 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 , corneal transplant , corneal dystrophy , surgery , 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.

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