TY - JOUR T1 - Complications of keratoplasty JF - Am J Ophthalmol Y1 - 1975 A1 - DeVoe,A. G. KW - *Corneal Transplantation KW - *Postoperative Complications KW - Autopsy KW - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis / mortality / transmission KW - Female KW - Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / surgery KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Neurologic Examination KW - Transplantation, Homologous KW - Visual Acuity AB - The complications of keratoplasty have been greatly reduced in recent years by virtue of finer instrumentation, microsurgery, new drugs to minimize postoperative complications, and improved methods of donor cornea preversation. A 49-year-old woman, following uncomplicated keratoplasty with donor material from a patient who had died of a slow virus disease, developed the same condition and died 18 months later. Until more evidence is available, donor material from individuals dying of obscure chronic central nervous system disorders should be used with extreme caution. VL - 79 ER - internal-pdf://DeVoe - Complications of keratoplasty-0457285121/DeVoe - Complications of keratoplasty.pdf CP - 6 N1 - DeVoe, A G United states American journal of ophthalmology ID - 438 ER -