12-year follow-up of the first endothelial keratoplasty without Descemet stripping in a 3-month newborn with Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy (CHED)
Carlo Bellucci,
Paolo Mora,
Salvatore A. Tedesco
et al.
Abstract:Background
Endothelial Keratoplasty (EK) is now considered as the standard treatment for Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy (CHED) by many surgeons. We present the 12-year clinical outcome of the youngest operated patient with CHED in which we successfully performed a bilateral EK procedure without removing the recipient endothelium-Descemet complex.
Case presentation
In November 2010 we performed EK without Descemet Stripping in a 3-month… Show more
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