Intraocular pressure after aphakic penetrating keratoplasty "through-and-through" suturing.
Our clinical study was designed to determine whether "through-and-through" corneal sutures would prevent the postoperative intraocular pressure rise that occurs in 70% of aphakic eyes after uncomplicated penetrating keratoplasty. Twenty-five aphakic patients received the same operative procedure except that the corneal buttons of ten of them were sutured into place with "through-and-through" sutures. The intraocular pressures of patients with the "through-and-through" sutures were significantly lower than those of the other patients during the entire postoperative course.
D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000150:complications*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous