Double anterior chamber deep lamellar keratoplasty: case report.
OBJECTIVE
We report a case in which, although we planned to perform a penetrating keratoplasty for corneal stromal opacity with normal corneal endothelium, the host's Descemet's membrane became inadvertently detached and the operation resulted in double anterior chamber deep lamellar keratoplasty (DLKP).


RESULTS
After surgery, the patient's corrected visual acuity was 20/30.


CONCLUSIONS
Double anterior chamber DLKP is safe and valuable.
Higaki
S
S
Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
Maeda
N
N
Watanabe
H
H
Kiritoshi
A
A
Inoue
Y
Y
Shimomura
Y
Y
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000601:surgery*; D002452:Cell Count; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000601:surgery*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D014792:Visual Acuity