Title
Automated Keratopigmentation in Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis: An Aesthetic Alternative
Date Issued
01 December 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Camerati M.
Jaque N.
Lievano J.
Publisher(s)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Abstract
Two male patients, aged 64 and 55 years old, presented at the cornea department for a Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis (Kpro I) implantation after multiple corneal graft failures. After surgery, they achieved a best corrected visual acuity of 20/200 and 20/150, respectively. However, they manifested photophobia and aesthetic complaints. Both patients underwent keratopigmentation to improve the aesthetic outcome using vegetable pigments, after mechanical corneal deepithelization, with no intraoperative or postoperative incidents or adverse events. After 1-year follow-up, the patients presented the same best corrected visual acuity with improvement of the aesthetic outcome.
Start page
1578
End page
1580
Volume
39
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oftalmología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096031117
PubMed ID
Source
Cornea
ISSN of the container
02773740
Sources of information:
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