title: Fuchs' dystrophy associated with radial keratotomy: Lamellar or perforating keratoplasty?
abstract: METHODS
  A 70 year-old male patient with a history of radial keratotomy suffering from Fuchs' dystrophy and a cataract. The patient received a two-step surgery: lens phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implant, followed by descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in both eyes, four months later. There were no complications apart from a recurrent cystoid macular oedema in both eyes. The best corrected visual acuity was 20/40 both eyes, and the patient was satisfied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty may be considered as an alternative to penetrating keratoplasty in the case of endothelial dysfunction and radial keratotomy in patients with no corneal ectasia or significant stromal opacity.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, España. Electronic address: pazrausin@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Ausin
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antolin-Garcia
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santamaria Garcia
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A-B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Blazquez-Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D057111:Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty; D005642:Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence
keywords: Corneal edema; Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty; Disfunción endotelial; Distrofia corneal de Fuchs; Edema corneal; Endothelial dysfunction; Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy; Queratoplastia endotelial automatizada con pelado de la Descemet; Queratotomía radial; Radial keratotomy