Corneal neurotisation for neurotrophic keratopathy with a sural nerve autograft: a case report
| Autor: | Krishna Tumuluri, David Moore, Quan Ngo, Chameen Samarawickrama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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transplants
medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity RD1-811 genetic structures Supratrochlear nerve Sural nerve Keratitis cornea Cornea Ophthalmology Medicine trigeminal nerve Neurotrophic keratopathy Trigeminal nerve Cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases keratitis medicine.anatomical_structure Surgery sense organs medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2209-170X |
| DOI: | 10.34239/ajops.v4n2.236 |
| Popis: | Neurotrophic keratopathy is a corneal disease characterised by reduced corneal sensation. Corneal neurotization is the transfer of healthy donor nerve tissue to the cornea to restore sensation. An 11-year-old male presented with reduced Mackie Stage 1 neurotrophic keratopathy from de-bulking of a cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst. He underwent minimally invasive indirect corneal neurotization with a sural nerve autograft to ipsilateral supratrochlear nerve and cornea. Close and objective post-operative monitoring of donor sites, the cornea, visual acuity, and tear production clearly demonstrate the efficacy of this technique, and the timeline of clinical improvement. |
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