title: Visual prognosis in aphakic bullous keratopathy treated by penetrating keratoplasty: a retrospective study of 73 cases.
abstract: Seventy-three eyes with limbus to limbus bullous keratopathy following cataract extraction were followed 24 months to determine the long-term visual prognosis following penetrating keratoplasty. All but one eye required anterior vitrectomy. A manual vitrectomy technique was utilized in all cases. Results obtained were equal to or better than other contemporary literature reports utilizing mechanical vitrectomy techniques.
mesh_terms: D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014792:Visual Acuity