title: Non-Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty for bullous keratopathy secondary to iridoschisis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of bullous keratopathy secondary to iridoschisis treated by non-Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (nDSAEK).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 79-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with loss of vision in the left eye. Slit lamp examination of her left eye showed a shallow anterior chamber with cataract and schisis in the inferior quadrant of iris stroma. Bullous keratopathy secondary to iridoschisis was diagnosed. Cataract surgery with iridectomy succeeded to deepen the anterior chamber and remove the floating iris leaf, although corneal edema remained. Four days later, nDSAEK was performed, which resolved corneal edema and restored visual acuity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The two-step surgery of cataract surgery plus iridectomy followed by nDSAEK may be an effective strategy for treating bullous keratopathy secondary to iridoschisis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Teruumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minezaki
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Hayate
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Shigeto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumakura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
keywords: bullous keratopathy; iridoschisis; non-Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty