Bilateral posterior lamellar corneal transplant surgery in an infant of 17 weeks old: Surgical challenges and the added value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography
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2022-04
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Muijzer, Marc B
Kroes, Hester Y
van Hasselt, Peter
Wisse, RPL
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Abstract
This study aimed to describe the surgical challenges, management, and value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography in a case of a bilateral Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty corneal transplantation at 17 weeks of age for the treatment of severe posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy resulting from a de novo mutation of the OVOL2-gene.
Keywords
Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty, intraoperative optical coherence tomography, juvenile corneal transplant, OVOL2 gene, posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy, Case Reports
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Muijzer, M B, Kroes, H Y, van Hasselt, P M & Wisse, R P L 2022, 'Bilateral posterior lamellar corneal transplant surgery in an infant of 17 weeks old : Surgical challenges and the added value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography', Clinical case reports, vol. 10, no. 4, e05637, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5637