Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis
Purpose: To report the outcomes of implantation of the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis in three patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a severe infection that can lead to significant visual loss. Observations: Case series reporting three patients with difficult cases of AK that needed multiple co...
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| author | Albert Santos Luzia Diegues Silva Luciene Barbosa de Sousa Denise de Freitas Lauro Augusto de Oliveira |
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| description | Purpose: To report the outcomes of implantation of the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis in three patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a severe infection that can lead to significant visual loss.
Observations: Case series reporting three patients with difficult cases of AK that needed multiple corneal transplantations and glaucoma surgeries. All patients were implanted with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis device. The main outcomes measure were the visual function and anatomical retention after implantation of the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis. All patients retained the device over the long-term and had good visual function. In one patient a retroprosthetic membrane developed and in another patient an epithelial lip developed over the anterior surface of the keratoprosthesis. The visual acuities range from 20/25 to 20/80 in the implanted eyes.
Conclusions and importance: The Boston Type I keratoprosthesis resulted in good anatomic and functional results after multiple graft failures after AK. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82dfcf4b127c4bcb95207b9384d38db82022-12-22T01:48:14ZengElsevierAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports2451-99362017-06-016C717310.1016/j.ajoc.2017.01.007Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitisAlbert SantosLuzia Diegues SilvaLuciene Barbosa de SousaDenise de FreitasLauro Augusto de OliveiraPurpose: To report the outcomes of implantation of the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis in three patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a severe infection that can lead to significant visual loss. Observations: Case series reporting three patients with difficult cases of AK that needed multiple corneal transplantations and glaucoma surgeries. All patients were implanted with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis device. The main outcomes measure were the visual function and anatomical retention after implantation of the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis. All patients retained the device over the long-term and had good visual function. In one patient a retroprosthetic membrane developed and in another patient an epithelial lip developed over the anterior surface of the keratoprosthesis. The visual acuities range from 20/25 to 20/80 in the implanted eyes. Conclusions and importance: The Boston Type I keratoprosthesis resulted in good anatomic and functional results after multiple graft failures after AK.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993616302249Acanthamoeba keratitisBoston Type I keratoprosthesisGlaucomaCorneal transplant |
| spellingShingle | Albert Santos Luzia Diegues Silva Luciene Barbosa de Sousa Denise de Freitas Lauro Augusto de Oliveira Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports Acanthamoeba keratitis Boston Type I keratoprosthesis Glaucoma Corneal transplant |
| title | Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis |
| title_full | Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis |
| title_fullStr | Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis |
| title_short | Results with the Boston Type I keratoprosthesis after Acanthamoeba keratitis |
| title_sort | results with the boston type i keratoprosthesis after acanthamoeba keratitis |
| topic | Acanthamoeba keratitis Boston Type I keratoprosthesis Glaucoma Corneal transplant |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993616302249 |
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