The triple procedure; combined penetrating keratoplasty, cataract extraction and lens implantation.
Results of combined keratoplasty, extracapsular cataract extraction and lens implantation (triple procedure) are reported for 67 eyes having at least 12 months follow-up. The average age of the patients was 73; the majority were female with a pre-op diagnosis of Fuchs's dystrophy. Post-op visual acuities were 20/40 or better in 72% of the eyes. No implants were removed and only one eye required regrafting. The discission rate was 32%; discissions were usually performed a year post-op. We feel the favorable results are due to uniform use of microsurgical extracapsular catarat extraction at the time of surgery with good capsular fixation of the lens implant.
D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications