2 Case of Epikeratopkakia in the Adult Aphakia.

Youn, Dae Young; Lee, Kyung Hun; Kim, Yong Jai

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(6):1013-1019.
Published online June 1, 1989.

2 Case of Epikeratopkakia in the Adult Aphakia.

Dae Young Youn, Kyung Hun Lee, Yong Jai Kim

Department of Ophthalmology in Maryknoll Hospital, Korea.

성인 무수정체안에서의 Epikeratophakia 2 예

윤대영(Dae Young Youn),이경헌(Kyung Hun Lee),김용제(Yong Jai Kim)

Abstract

One of the indications for epikeratophakia is monocular aphakia intolerant of spectacles and contact lens correction and unsuited for intraocular lens implantation for whatever reason. The procedure involves suturing a lamellar corneal stromal tissue of a human donor eye prelathed for corrective power onto the recipient cornea whose epithellum has just been removed. We performed the epikeratophakia procedure on two patients who were included in the above indication on May 26, 1988. Through the first 6 months of postoperative period, both the graft and recipient tissues remained clear with excellent optical quality, with corrected visual acuity of 0.4 at 1 month, 0.6 at 3 month and 0.8 at 6 month postoperative period respectively. The average increase of corneal curvature was 10.5 diopters and induced refractive error was within 1.5 spherical equivalent diopters after the 6 month period. No significant postoperative compications have been encountered.

Key Words: corneal curvature;epikeratophakia;monocular aphakia;prelathed