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Indian J Ophthalmol ; 68(11): 2471-2474, 2020 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-895453

ABSTRACT

A donor corneo-scleral button was dissected into four parts using a simple manual technique. The anterior corneal lamellae was stripped from the Descemet's Membrane (DM) and Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK) was performed in a patient with advanced keratoconus after removing the recipient's stroma using the big bubble technique. Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) was done with the stripped donor DM in a patient with Fuch's endothelial dystroph (FECD). The cadaveric limbal stem cells from the tissue were used for simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET) in a Steven- Johnson Syndrome (SJS) with localized limbal stem deficiency and symblepharon. The sclera was used to revise a leaking hypotonus bleb in an advanced single-eyed glaucoma patient. No intraoperative or postoperative complications were observed. At 1 year, all the 4 cases retained healthy transplanted tissues with good visual outcomes. Shortage of donor eyes is a global problem and with the present COVID-19 scenario the situation is bound to worsen. The advent of customized component corneal transplantation using simple cost-effective techniques will be the future trend in the years to come.


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Betacoronavirus , Corneal Transplantation , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy/surgery , Glaucoma/surgery , Keratoconus/surgery , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Sclera/transplantation , Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/surgery , Tissue Donors , Adolescent , Aged , COVID-19 , Conjunctival Diseases/surgery , Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty , Female , Filtering Surgery , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , Stem Cell Transplantation , Transplant Recipients
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