Two cases of a penetrating keratoplasty with tissue from a donor who had undergone LASIK surgery

TitleTwo cases of a penetrating keratoplasty with tissue from a donor who had undergone LASIK surgery
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsMichaeli-Cohen A, Lambert AC, Coloma F, Rootman DS
JournalCornea
Volume21
Issue1
Pagination111 - 3
Date PublishedJan
ISSN0277-3740 (Print) 0277-3740 (Linking)
Accession Number11805519
Keywords*Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ, *Keratoplasty, Penetrating, *Tissue Donors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cornea / *surgery, Eye Banks, Female, Humans, Hyperopia / *surgery, Middle Aged, Wound Healing
Abstract

PURPOSE: To report two cases of penetrating keratoplasty using tissue from a donor who had undergone laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery before its transplantation. PARTICIPANTS: Two patients who had penetrating keratoplasties and received donor corneas from eyes that had previous LASIK. INTERVENTION: The two patients underwent corneal transplantation by two different surgeons who were unaware that the donor eyes had previous LASIK treatment. RESULTS: Penetrating keratoplasty was completed without complication in both cases, although a separation of the corneal lamellae was noted during surgery in one of the cases. The two patients are doing well at 5.5 months postsurgery. CONCLUSION: With the increasing popularity of laser refractive surgery, eye banks should increase their awareness and refine screening techniques to rule out refractive surgery in the donor corneas. The long-term follow-up of those patients will reveal if surgical success was compromised by prior refractive surgery.
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