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Surgical treatment options for corneal dystrophies
Author(s) -
WYLEGALA E
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.1635.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dystrophy , corneal disease , corneal dystrophy , ophthalmology , corneal transplantation , corneal diseases , complication , cornea , surgery , pathology
Abstract Corneal dystrophies are the group of hereditary disorders affecting all corneal layers. The choice of the surgical treatment option depends on the corneal dystrophy type and includes: anterior lamellar keratoplasty for dystrophies without Descemet membrane involvement, descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty for Fuchs corneal dystrophy and penetrating keratoplasty for dystrophies characterized by full corneal thickness involvement. All types of keratoplasty could be performed traditionally or with the assistance of the femtosecond laser. The corneal graft survival depends on the corneal dystrophy type. The recurrence of the disease is a possible complication of the surgery related to the diagnosis of the corneal dystrophy.