PURPOSE: To report two cases of penetrating keratoplasty using tissue from a donor who had undergone laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery before its transplantation. PARTICIPANTS: Two patients who had penetrating keratoplasties and received donor corneas from eyes that had previous LASIK. INTERVENTION: The two patients underwent corneal transplantation by two different surgeons who were unaware that the donor eyes had previous LASIK treatment. RESULTS: Penetrating keratoplasty was completed without complication in both cases, although a separation of the corneal lamellae was noted during surgery in one of the cases. The two patients are doing well at 5.5 months postsurgery. CONCLUSION: With the increasing popularity of laser refractive surgery, eye banks should increase their awareness and refine screening techniques to rule out refractive surgery in the donor corneas. The long-term follow-up of those patients will reveal if surgical success was compromised by prior refractive surgery.
PURPOSE: To report two cases of penetrating keratoplasty using tissue from a donor who had undergone laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery before its transplantation. PARTICIPANTS: Two patients who had penetrating keratoplasties and received donor corneas from eyes that had previous LASIK. INTERVENTION: The two patients underwent corneal transplantation by two different surgeons who were unaware that the donor eyes had previous LASIK treatment. RESULTS: Penetrating keratoplasty was completed without complication in both cases, although a separation of the corneal lamellae was noted during surgery in one of the cases. The two patients are doing well at 5.5 months postsurgery. CONCLUSION: With the increasing popularity of laser refractive surgery, eye banks should increase their awareness and refine screening techniques to rule out refractive surgery in the donor corneas. The long-term follow-up of those patients will reveal if surgical success was compromised by prior refractive surgery.
Authors: Hidetaka Hara; Naoko Koike; Cassandra Long; Jordan Piluek; Danny S Roh; Nirmala SundarRaj; James L Funderburgh; Yoshiaki Mizuguchi; Kumiko Isse; Carol J Phelps; Suyapa F Ball; David L Ayares; David K C Cooper Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Date: 2011-07-15 Impact factor: 4.799
Authors: Sarag Abhari; Michael Eisenback; Henry J Kaplan; Eric Walters; Randall S Prather; Patrick A Scott Journal: Anat Rec (Hoboken) Date: 2018-10-05 Impact factor: 2.064