Suturing techniques and postoperative management in penetrating keratoplasty in the United Kingdom.

Aims: To report on the suturing techniques and aspects of postoperative management in penetrating keratoplasty in the United Kingdom.

Methods: A postal questionnaire was sent to 137 ophthalmic consultants identified from a Royal College of Ophthalmology database as having a special interest in anterior segment surgery. The questionnaire surveyed surgeon preferences for surgical and suturing technique for penetrating keratoplasty surgery, and the postoperative care of corneal grafts.

Opaque intraocular lens implantation: a case series and lessons learnt.

Purpose: To report the use of opaque intraocular devices in three patients with complex neuro-ophthalmic symptoms.

Methods: A case series of three patients with neuro-ophthalmic symptoms requiring occlusion of one eye when alternative methods had failed to control symptoms. Morcher (Stuttgart, Germany) opaque intraocular implants were used in all patients.