title: [Resistance of limbo-keratoplasty to blunt trauma].
abstract: 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.
authors: Augenklinik Tübingen, Abteilung I, Tübingen. irmingard.neuhann@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors: I M
authors: IM
authors: Neuhann
authors: T F
authors: TF
authors: Neuhann
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Rohrbach
mesh_terms: 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*