A staged penetrating keratoplasty following limbal stem cells allograft in severe chemical injury leading to successful restoration of the ocular surface anatomy / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

ABSTRACT

A 62-year-old man presented with severe bilateral ocular surface chemical injury and history of failed penetrating keratoplasty of right eye in 1996. Visual acuity was hand movement in right eye and light perception in left eye. Staged procedures of limbal stem cells allograft followed by penetrating keratoplasty have been done and resulted in good ocular surface restoration and rehabilitation of vision in right eye.