Publications by authors named "Zachary N Burkhart"
Purpose: To determine risk factors associated with retinal hemorrhage (RH) in pediatric abusive head trauma (AHT) suspects.
Methods: Records of children aged 0-3 years hospitalized for suspected AHT from January 2007 to November 2011 were retrospectively reviewed in this case-control study. Children were classified into case and control groups based on RH presence.
Purpose: To assess 1-year outcomes in patients remaining phakic after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).
Setting: Private clinic, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Design: Interventional case series.
Purpose: To describe a technique to completely replace the donor corneal carrier of an existing type 1 Boston keratoprosthesis (KPro) that preserves the hardware intact.
Methods: Two eyes with sterile corneal melts around the KPro stem underwent a complete exchange of the donor corneal carrier. Donor corneas were prepared in the usual fashion for KPro and were then left uncovered to dehydrate.
Purpose: To report the effect of varying donor preparation-to-use times on outcomes of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).
Methods: Prospective interventional series. DMEK donor tissues prepared at a single center on the day of surgery (group 0), 1 day before the surgery (group 1), or 2 days before the surgery (group 2) were transplanted into 361 eyes for Fuchs dystrophy, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, or graft failure, with or without combined cataract surgery.
Purpose: To describe techniques for using a handheld slit beam to identify the position of detached Descemet membrane in Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK).
Methods: The Eidolon model 510L handheld slit lamp (Eidolon Optical LLC) was used during DMEK cases to identify the orientation of inserted grafts in the anterior chamber before unrolling. In DALK, the beam was used to identify the presence of a big bubble.