Outcomes from a modified microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus.

To improve visual and refractive outcomes, microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty for the treatment of keratoconus (exchange of a 9.0-mm anterior recipient lamella with a 9.0-mm donor lamella, using a 200-μm head for the former and a 300-μm head for the latter) was modified by adding a 6.

Combined wedge resection and beveled penetrating relaxing incisions for the treatment of pellucid marginal corneal degeneration.

Purpose: To evaluate a new surgical approach for the treatment of pellucid marginal corneal degeneration (PMCD).

Methods: Prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Ten eyes of 10 consecutive patients were included in the series.

Microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty for the surgical treatment of keratoconus.

Purpose: To evaluate the visual and refractive results of microkeratome-assisted lamellar keratoplasty (LK) performed on keratoconus patients intolerant to spectacles and contact lenses.

Design: Prospective, noncomparative, interventional study.

Participants: A microkeratome-assisted LK procedure was performed on 50 eyes of 50 keratoconus patients.

Two-stage laser in situ keratomileusis to correct refractive errors after penetrating keratoplasty.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a two-stage laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedure on eyes with high astigmatism and/or anisometropia after penetrating keratoplasty.

Methods: Eleven postoperative penetrating keratoplasty eyes were included in a prospective, non-controlled study. All patients had at least 4.