Is there still room for penetrating keratoplasty in 2012

Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is the most commonly performed graft in the western world. Recent advances in the medical management of corneal diseases and the advent of lamellar surgeries have considerably changed patterns in the indications of PK. Hence we will apprehend what indications are left f...

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Published in:Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) England), 2012-09, Vol.90 (s249), p.0-0
Main Author: GICQUEL, JJ
Format: Article
Language:English
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Ophthalmology
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Summary:Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is the most commonly performed graft in the western world. Recent advances in the medical management of corneal diseases and the advent of lamellar surgeries have considerably changed patterns in the indications of PK. Hence we will apprehend what indications are left for PK, as well as the enhanced PK techniques.
ISSN:1755-375X
1755-3768
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.2835.x