Retinal Detachment Prevention In Opaque-Oornea Eyes Receiving A Permanent Keratoprosthesis.

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Article

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5-5-2017

Abstract

Placement of a permanent keratoprosthesis (KPro), as a solution to otherwise untreatable corneal blindness, is becoming increasingly commonplace.1,2 But approximately 20% of KPro eyes suffer either rhegmatogenous, tractional or combined retinal detachment within seven years postoperatively.2 The dominant KPro model (Boston type 1 KPro)3 provides only a 3mm diameter optical stem, so that the retinal periphery remains largely obscured to clinical examination postoperatively. Partially as a consequence, repair of retinal detachment in KPro eyes is successful in less than 50% of cases, with most such eyes losing even ambulatory vision.4 This can be especially important because the fellow eye of most KPro patients, if it is even present, is also severely diseased.

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American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), Los Angeles, CA, May 5-9, 2017.

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