Publications by authors named "Saijimol A I"
Purpose: To report primary treatment of acute corneal hydrops (CH) with a modified technique of predescemetic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (pdDALK).
Methods: This prospective interventional case series included 9 eyes with acute CH that underwent pdDALK as primary treatment. Technique modifications included a bevel-up needle, creating tissue emphysema as a guide for dissection, using small aliquots of air directed away from break, manual deeper dissection using a blunt dissector, centripetal dissection leaving the area of Descemet membrane (DM) break for last, retention of minimal stroma above DM tear, and tamponade of DM tear with air in the anterior chamber.
Purpose: To describe a new technique for the treatment of keratoconus using corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segments (CAIRS).
Methods: CAIRS trephined from donor cornea using a double-bladed trephine were implanted into mid-depth femtosecond laser-dissected channels in the cornea of patients with keratoconus in the 6.5-mm optic zone, followed by accelerated corneal cross-linking (A-CXL)-either conventional or contact lens-assisted CXL (A-CACXL), depending on minimum corneal thickness.
Purpose: To assess an air pump-assisted technique for graft centration, graft edge unfolding, and graft uncreasing while performing pre-Descemet endothelial keratoplasty (PDEK) using young donor grafts.
Methods: Continuous pressurized air infusion was used for graft centration, graft edge unfolding, and graft unwrinkling.
Results: Ten eyes of 10 patients underwent PDEK with donors aged below 40 years.
Purpose: To describe a new technique (PrEsbyopic Allogenic Refractive Lenticule [PEARL] inlay) using an allogenic corneal inlay prepared from a small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) lenticule.
Methods: A SMILE lenticule of specified thickness (mean: 61.5 ± 3.