Combination Penetrating Keratoplasty and Cataract Extraction in Eye With Descemetocele and Acute Corneal Perforation

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Ozana Moraru, MD, performs penetrating keratoplasty and cataract extraction in an eye with a post-abscess large corneal leucoma and descemetocele, which unexpectedly perforated. She walks through her approach to this complicated case, including the use of vacuum trephine. She demonstrates the extraction of a mature, brown cataract with cortex aspiration and penetrating keratoplasty. Dr. Moraru then implants a three-piece PCIOL in sulcus.

Posted: 5/01/2024

Combination Penetrating Keratoplasty and Cataract Extraction in Eye With Descemetocele and Acute Corneal Perforation

Ozana Moraru, MD, performs penetrating keratoplasty and cataract extraction in an eye with a post-abscess large corneal leucoma and descemetocele, which unexpectedly perforated. She walks through her approach to this complicated case, including the use of vacuum trephine. She demonstrates the extraction of a mature, brown cataract with cortex aspiration and penetrating keratoplasty. Dr. Moraru then implants a three-piece PCIOL in sulcus.

Posted: 5/01/2024

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