ElGoweini, H., Goweida, M., Yousef, R. (2021). LONG TERM OUTCOME OF DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY (DALK) IN EGYPTIAN POPULATION WITH KERATOCONUS. test, 3(4), 100-101. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.110784.1328
Hesham Fouad ElGoweini; Mohamed Bahgat Goweida; Raghda M Yousef. "LONG TERM OUTCOME OF DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY (DALK) IN EGYPTIAN POPULATION WITH KERATOCONUS". test, 3, 4, 2021, 100-101. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.110784.1328
ElGoweini, H., Goweida, M., Yousef, R. (2021). 'LONG TERM OUTCOME OF DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY (DALK) IN EGYPTIAN POPULATION WITH KERATOCONUS', test, 3(4), pp. 100-101. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.110784.1328
ElGoweini, H., Goweida, M., Yousef, R. LONG TERM OUTCOME OF DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY (DALK) IN EGYPTIAN POPULATION WITH KERATOCONUS. test, 2021; 3(4): 100-101. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.110784.1328

LONG TERM OUTCOME OF DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY (DALK) IN EGYPTIAN POPULATION WITH KERATOCONUS

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Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 100-101
Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research
DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.110784.1328
Authors
Hesham Fouad ElGoweini1; Mohamed Bahgat Goweida2; Raghda M Yousef* 3
1Ophthalmology department, faculty of medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
2Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine- Alexandria University
3Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
Abstract
Keratoconus is a bilateral degenerative disorder of the eye characterized by ectasia and thinning of the cornea, change to conical shape, irregular astigmatism, vision impairment, and eventual corneal scarring.
Although penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is still considered the gold standard for the treatment of advanced keratoconus (KCN), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) has emerged as an alternative treatment in the last decade.
Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) is an increasingly popular alternative to penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for patients with corneal diseases that spare the Descemet membrane (DM) and endothelium, such as Keratoconus. DALK is preferred in cases where the disease is restricted to the anterior layers of cornea.
DALK techniques have been described and classified into 2 categories, descemetic DALK (dDALK) and predescemetic DALK (pdDALK) depending on whether Descemet membrane-endothelium was thought to be exposed or minimal residual stroma was left behind.
AIM OF THE WORK:
The aim of this study was to assess long term outcome of DALK in Keratoconus patients by measuring the best corrected visual acuity, autorefraction, pentacam and specular microscopy.
Keywords
Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK); pentacam; specular microscopy
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