Customised component corneal transplantation: a blessing for three patients.

The existing acute shortage of good quality donor corneas in a developing country like India, prompted us to attempt customised component corneal transplantation. Using this surgical strategy, one corneoscleral button was used for three recipients. Anterior and posterior lamellar discs were used for anterior lamellar keratoplasty and Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty in patients with superficial corneal scar and pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, respectively. From the remnant peripheral corneoscleral rim, a patch graft was taken and used for a case of perforated corneal ulcer. Postoperatively, the two earlier mentioned cases achieved visual acuities of 20/30 and 20/60, respectively, whereas the latter mentioned patient with the patch graft achieved good tectonic stability. This case report highlights the optimal utilisation of a corneoscleral button by customising it for three recipients. Moreover, a patch graft has been introduced in the armamentarium of customised component corneal transplantation for the first time. 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.