Clear corneal grafts with subcritical endothelial cell count after 1 year of penetrating keratoplasty
| Autor: | Roopam Kumar R. Gupta, Aruna Kumari R. Gupta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
specular microscopy
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Corneal Decompensation business.industry Corneal graft Critical limit eyebank keratoanalyzer penetrating keratoplasty low endothelial cell count Endothelial cell count eye diseases Endothelial cell density Endothelial stem cell lcsh:Ophthalmology Pleomorphism (cytology) lcsh:RE1-994 SPECULAR MICROSCOPY clear corneal grafts Medicine sense organs business |
| Zdroj: | TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, Vol 56, Iss 1, Pp 17-19 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2589-4528 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_29_18 |
| Popis: | Endothelial cell loss after penetrating keratoplasty leads to graft failure. The critical limit of the endothelial cell count for corneal decompensation is thought to be 700 cells/mm2. Clinical specular microscopy indicates that inspite of low endothelial cell density, the corneal graft can be maintained in a relatively dehydrated state. This study reports 4 cases of clear corneal graft having low endothelial cell count. The low endothelial cell count was associated with polymegathism and pleomorphism; inspite of this, the clarity of the graft was maintained. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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