Keratoprosthesis in end-stage dry eye.
Five cases with end-stage dry eye (four with pemphigoid, one with Stevens-Johnson syndrome) have been operated with a keratoprosthesis and have been followed for followed for 6 to 22 months. Two patients have been failures, three still have good vision.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
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D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000601:surgery; D015352:Dry Eye Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000150:complications
D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate