title: [Emergency keratoplasty].
abstract: In some ocular diseases may occur the corneal perforation. This condition requires an emergency penetrating keratoplasty. We show in this paper the conditions, surgical techniques and the complications in this kind of surgical intervention, with examples from our clinical cases.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Oftalmologie, Spitalul Militar Central.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cârstocea
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gafencu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ioniţă
mesh_terms: D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012421:Rupture; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous