[Macular corneal dystrophy including histologic and ultrastructural changes].

Purpose: The study reports the results of a histological and ultrastructural examination of the corneal button, obtained during penetrating keratoplasty from patient with clinically recognized macular corneal dystrophy.

Material And Methods: 34-year-old male patient suffering from macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) has been treated on corneal epithelium defect and photophobia since his early childhood. Visual acuity was decreased on the Snellen test chart to 0.

[Limbal stem cell transplantation from HLA-compatible living donors. Long term observation].

Purpose: The assessment of clinical outcome in patients after Ir-CLAL procedure.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective, interventional case series including 11 patients (12 eyes), all with non-ambulatory visual acuity (from light perception to hand movements). Mean age was 39.

[Applying deep lamellar keratoplasty in corneal disorders without endothelial abnormalities].

Purpose: To present own experiences in the surgery of deep lamellar keratoplasty.

Materials And Methods: 25 eye of 25 patients suffering from various corneal pathologies with preserved endothelium: 22 with keratoconus eyes, 2 with post-inflammatory scar and one eye with leucoma in Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Mean follow-up was 25.