title: [Keratoplasty -- a simple classification/terminology of current treatment options].
abstract: Thanks to technical advances the surgical options for corneal grafting have been widely expanded in recent years. Promoted by new instruments and techniques for intrastromal dissection a number of variations of lamellar keratoplasty, including descriptive terms and abbreviations have been suggested. This creative chaos, however, lacks simplicity, specificity and structure. Following a short definition of the basic terms we here present a simplified and clearly structured classification, which also incorporates the Anglo-American terminology and should, therefore, be acceptable for the wider international ophthalmic community.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. ggeerling@ophtha.mu-luebeck.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Geerling
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seitz
mesh_terms: D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000145:classification; D009626:Terminology as Topic