[Resistance of limbo-keratoplasty to blunt trauma].
BACKGROUND
Traumatic wound dehiscence is a rare complication after penetrating keratoplasty. Limbo-keratoplasty seems to alter the pattern of rupture after blunt trauma.


METHODS
We report on one patient with dehiscence of a penetrating limbo-keratoplasty after blunt trauma.


RESULTS
The dehiscence occurred over the entire extent of the clear corneal scar, whereas the sclero-corneal interface remained adapted.


CONCLUSIONS
This case suggests a different tensile strength of these two scar types, possibly associated with their different grades of vascularization or epithelialization.
Neuhann
I M
IM
Augenklinik Tübingen, Abteilung I, Tübingen. irmingard.neuhann@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Neuhann
T F
TF
Rohrbach
J M
JM
D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*