Conjunctivo-limbal Autograft for Climatic Droplet Keratopathy with Ulcerative Keratitis: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT

Climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK) is one of the most frequent degenerative corneal diseases with high prevalence rates, especially in equatorial and polar regions. Th e profound hypoesthesia observed in some cases with advanced CDK may contribute to the occurrence of trophic-corneal ulceration, rapid bacterial over infection, diffi culty of healing and relentless evolution to perforation. Superfi cial keratectomy, lamellar or penetrating keratoplasty and excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy are various surgical options that have been tried in the management of CDK involving the visual axis, impairing the vision. We attempted conjunctivo-limbal autograft (CLAG) in a patient of advanced CDK with corneal ulceration and studied the outcome at the end of 6 weeks and found a better corneal epithelial regeneration post CLAG.