In vivo confocal corneal microscopy after keratoplasty
Abstract
Seven eyes with clear grafts after penetrating keratoplasty were examined with in vivo confocal corneal microscopy in 1999. Our aim was the confocal microscopic investigation of the subclinical changes in clear grafts after long-term follow-up. The preoperative diagnoses were keratoconus (two), granular corneal dystrophy (two), pseudophakic bullous keratopathy due to ACL (two), and corneal ulcer (one). The epithelium, corneal nerves, keratocytes of the anterior and posterior stroma, and endothelium were evaluated with confocal microscopy. Mean density of basal epithelial cells was 3928+/-378 cells/mm(2) at 15 months and 3284+/-565 cells/mm(2) at 66 months postoperatively. At 15 months the keratocyte density was 750+/-113 cells/mm(2) in the anterior stroma and 601+/-98 cells/mm(2) in the posterior stroma, at 66 months 383+/-53 cells/mm(2) in the anterior stroma and 411+/-98 cells/mm(2) in the posterior stroma. Endothelial cell density decreased from 1719+/-576 cells/mm(2) (15 months) to 965+/-272 cells/mm(2) (66 months). In the follow-up period a significant decrease of keratocyte and endothelial cell density was detectable with confocal microscopy. The clinical importance of our findings must be clarified with further examinati...Continue Reading
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