Complications After DALK
11 Complications After DALK Claudia Perez-Straziota, MD and Ronald N. Gaster, MD, FACS Anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) has been proposed as an alternative for patients with corneal disease confined to…
Anterior Lamellar Versus Penetrating Keratoplasty
2 Anterior Lamellar Versus Penetrating Keratoplasty Leopoldo Spadea, MD and Vittoria De Rosa, MD The purpose of corneal transplantation1–59 is to replace the pathological cornea of the eye with a…
Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography in DALK
8 Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography in DALK Kristin E. Hirabayashi, MD and Charles C. Lin, MD Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) is an excellent surgical option in patients with corneal…
Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments: An Alternative to DALK in Certain Situations
13 Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments An Alternative to DALK in Certain Situations Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, MNAMS Intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) have been used in the past…
Pre-Descemetic DALK
6 Pre-Descemetic DALK Rishi Swarup, FRCS and T. Suchi Smitha, MS, DNB, FCRS Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) aims at retaining the host Descemet’s membrane (DM) and endothelium while removing…
The Big Bubble Technique
5 The Big Bubble Technique Alaa M. Eldanasoury, MD; Sherif Said Tolees, FRCS; and Harkaran S. Bains, BHSc Oph Anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK) involves a partial- or full-thickness resection of…
Primary Pre-Descemetic DALK in Acute Corneal Hydrops and Non–Big Bubble DALK in Older Patients
9 Primary Pre-Descemetic DALK in Acute Corneal Hydrops and Non–Big Bubble DALK in Older Patients Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, MNAMS, and Areeckal Incy Saijimol, BSc PRIMARY PRE-DESCEMETIC DALK IN…
Superficial Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty
4 Superficial Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty Mukesh Patil, MBBS, MD, FICO, FAICO; Noopur Gupta, MBBS, MS, DNB, PhD; Murugesan Vanathi, MBBS, MD; and Radhika Tandon, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth,…
