Deep lamellar keratoplasty:a new surgical technique for corneal clarity recovery / 眼科

As compared with penetrating keratoplasty(PKP), deep lamellar keratoplasty(DLKP) offers the same effect for recovery of corneal clarity in patients who have corneal stromal abnormality and/or opacity with normal endothelium. Many technical advances have been made for carrying out DLKP during past decade. However, the current status of the surgery is still technical difficulty, time consuming, possibly incomplete removal of recipient stroma or perforation of Descemet's membrane. As there may be further improvement of the technique, DLKP can be mastered by more ophthalmologists to treat patients who are currently considered as candidates for PKP. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2006, 15:156-158 )