Open Access<p>Clinical outcome after air-assisted manual deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for fungal keratitis poorly responsive to medical treatment</p>
Author(s) -
Eiichi Uchio,
Yusuke Saeki,
Tomoko TsukaharaKawamura,
Kazuaki Kadonosono,
Hiroaki Ozaki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s211099
Subject(s) - medicine , fungal keratitis , visual acuity , ophthalmology , fluconazole , keratitis , corneal perforation , perforation , therapeutic effect , surgery , antifungal , dermatology , materials science , metallurgy , punching
Fungal keratitis remains an important disorder because of difficulty in its diagnosis, and some patients do not respond to medical treatment using antifungal local and systemic agents. This study was carried out to determine the therapeutic value of air-assisted manual therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (TDALK) in the treatment of fungal keratitis not curable by antifungal chemotherapy.