Abstract
Purpose To describe the outcomes and prognostic characteristics of patients who had a repeat Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis (KPro) implantation. Design Retrospective case series. Methods setting: Data regarding preoperative clinical and demographic characteristics and postoperative course during initial and repeat KPro placement were collected at multiple centers across the country. patients: Forty-eight eyes underwent explantation of KPro owing to complications between September 2003 and August 2014 at 5 participating tertiary eye care centers in the United States. Of those, 36 eyes that received a subsequent replacement device were included. main outcome measures: Visual acuity (VA) outcomes and postoperative complications. Results Ocular surface disease was significantly more common in eyes that required a device explantation, compared to those that retained the device (P
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-187e1 |
Journal | American Journal of Ophthalmology |
Volume | 161 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology