Lamellar keratoplasty performed with a corneal scleral button.
Tissue for lamellar corneal surgical procedures is usually harvested from whole eyes. We describe a surgical technique for the rehabilitation of corneoscleral defects with lamellar keratoplasty in which the donor tissue is obtained from a preserved corneoscleral button instead of a whole globe. This technique is illustrated with a case involving the treatment of a limbal dermoid in a 26-month-old boy.
Vrabec
M P
MP
Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.
Jordan
J J
JJ
Lawlor
P P
PP
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014021:Tissue Preservation