European journal of ophthalmology
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Review Case Reports
Traumatic wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty: case series and literature review.
Blunt trauma after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is a high risk for wound rupture at the donor-recipient interface. We present 6 cases of traumatic wound dehiscence after PK; we describe the morphologic and functional outcome after surgical intervention and provide a review of the current literature. ⋯ If a timely and adequate treatment of the traumatically dislocated transplant can be given, it is likely that the transplant will survive. Nevertheless, severely reduced visual acuity (i.e., < hand movement) and lens damage at the time of trauma are the most reliable predictors for the final visual outcome. A permanent loss of visual acuity is related rather to the intraocular damage (vitreous loss, vitreous bleeding, retinal tears, and retinal detachment) than to the readapted transplant itself.
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To present ultrasound biomicroscopic (UBM) findings and their clinical correlations in people with optically hazy media after injury at the Persian Wednesday Eve fireworks festival. ⋯ Our study showed the value of UBM in the assessment of severely contused eyes and hyphema. It made possible evaluation for dialyses and recessions at presentation. Ultrasound biomicroscopy illustrated diverse subclinical disruptions in clinically invisible anterior segment structures.