title: Bilateral microkeratome-assisted anterior lamellar contralateral corneal autograft: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case in which bilateral microkeratome-assisted contralateral anterior lamellar corneal autografting was used in the treatment of a patient with a stromal scar in one eye and dense amblyopia in the fellow eye.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report based on chart review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anterior lamellar flaps were created in both eyes with a microkeratome. Six weeks later, central trephination through both flaps was performed, and the resulting corneal discs were switched. Visual acuity improved to 20/30 in the nonamblyopic eye 1 year after the surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Microkeratome-assisted contralateral lamellar autokeratoplasty can be useful in the treatment of an anterior stromal scar when the fellow eye has a clear cornea and poor vision limited by untreatable noncorneal pathology.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA. jmaster5@uthsc.edu
authors: Jordan S
authors: JS
authors: Masters
authors: David J
authors: DJ
authors: Harris
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology