title: Traumatic wound dehiscence after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
abstract: A 5-year-old boy who had undergone deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) in the right eye 8 months earlier presented with a full-thickness graft-host junction dehiscence and iris prolapse following an injury with a rubber ball. The junction was resutured and the graft became clear within 5 weeks. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of wound dehiscence after DALK in a child. Although Descemet's membrane might be considered a protective barrier following DALK, the graft-host junction remains vulnerable and can rupture with blunt trauma.
authors: Cornea and Anterior Segment Service, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. sunita.chaurasia@gmail.com
authors: Sunita
authors: S
authors: Chaurasia
authors: Muralidhar
authors: M
authors: Ramappa
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000293:injuries*; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*