These injuries are more difficult to close by sutures and corneal grafting may be necessary but delaying this latter option until globe integrity has been achieved and inflammation has quieted can ...

The factor triggering rejection was related to broken sutures in five cases and self-discontinuation of topical steroid treatment in two cases. The mean interval between PKP and corneal graft ...

Rick Fraunfelder, MD The recovery is so much faster than the full thickness corneal transplant so it's very ... Long-term complications and effectiveness of the procedure are still being studied ...

It is estimated that there are over 12 million people waiting for a corneal transplant worldwide 1 ... of the patient’s eye leading to other complications, or it could be rejected by the ...