KERATOPLASTY
DR NIVETHA G
SENIOR RESIDENT
SBMCH
INTRODUCTION
 Keratoplasty is corneal transplant procedure in which diseased host
corneal tissue is replaced by healthy donor cornea.
 Keratoplasty is considered as the most frequently performed and the most
successful organ transplantation technique worldwide.
TYPES OF KERATOPLASTY
Keratoplasty
Partial
thickness
Anterior
lamellar
keratoplasty
Posterior
lamellar
keratoplasty
Full thickness
Penetrating
keratoplasty
INDICATION
Optical
Tectonic
Therapeutic
Cosmetic
OPTICAL KP
 A healthy, clear donor cornea is used to replace
an opaque, cloudy, or distorted cornea in an
attempt to improve vision
 INDICATIONS:
 Scar due to ulcer, trauma
 Degenerations and dystrophies
 Chemical injuries
 Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy
 Keratoconus
 Congenital opacities
THERAPEUTIC KP
 Keratoplasty that is performed to remove infected corneal tissue that has
failed medical treatment.
 Not for only vision improvement
 Viral, bacterial, and fungal corneal ulcer
TECTONIC KP
 To restore structural integrity of the cornea
 No emphasis is made here for optical outcome.
 Tissue addition is made in areas of corneal thinning and restoration to near
normal surface contour of the cornea is carried out.
 Indications:
 Descemetocele
 Corneal perforation
 Corneal stromal thinning
 Post pterygium thinning
COSMETIC KP
 To improve the appearance of the patient
 No bearing on the visual outcome.
 This could also be done in a nonseeing eye.
 An opaque cornea with a white or blue-gray hue may be disturbing to the
patient, who may request PK.
CONTRAINDICTIONS
 Dry eye
 Blepharitis
 Ectropion, entropion
 Recurrent occular infection
 Melting cornea due to connective tissue disorder
 Herpetic infection
 Uveitis
 Uncontrolled glaucoma.
EYE BANKING
DONOR CORNEA
 Should be removed within 6 hours of death
 Donor eye retreival: Enucleation/ Corneal button
 Donor cornea with normal endothelial cell density and morphology is
suitable for transplantation regardless of age.
 Stored in coordinating eye banks prior to transplantation
STORAGE
 To maintain living viable state for the period between donation and
transplantation.
 Moist chamber storage : 24hrs of storage.
 McCarey and Kaufman medium:
CONTRAINDICATIONS
 Death of unknown cause
 Infectious disease
 Infections
 Malignancy
 Neurological disorder
 Neurodegenerative
 Corneal disorder and surgery
 Prion disease
 Intrinsic eye disease
Pre operative
 Good general and ophthalmic history
 Careful examination of eyes and ocular adnexa
 Visual acuity and slit lamp examination
 IOP evaluation
 Dilated ophthalmoscopy
 Investigation : Refraction,Tear film status,pachymetry,specular
microscopy,ultrasound biomicroscopy.
ANAESTHESIA
 Local or general anesthesia
 Local anesthesia-Peribulbar or retrobulbar anesthesia.
 Long acting anesthetic agent like bupivacaine alone or combinations of
bupivacaine with lidocaine should be used
PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY
 Transplant procedure in which full thickness post corneal tissue is replaced
with donor corneal tissue.
 Preoperative preparation- preoperative antibiotics,IOP control,lens
management
INDICATION
Keratoconus
Failed graft
Pseudophakic corneal edema
Corneal scarring
Aphakic corneal edema
Herpes simplex keratopathy
Trauma
Infections
Stromal dystrophies
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
 Graft maybe sutured with either interrupted or continuous suture technique
or combination of both
 Painting and draping
 Insertion of lid speculum
 Placement of scleral fixation ring
Trephining of donor cornea
 Should always precede that of host cornea
 Measure the lesion size
 Trephined with endothelial side facing up using sharp
disposable blade in a guillotine punch block apparatus
 Well cut, round donor button with perpendicular edges
and little trauma to the endothelium
 Donor button is usually about 0.25 mm larger in
diameter then post site.either mechanically guided
manual or automated trephination is used
 Ideal size 7.5mm
Trephining of recipient cornea
 Globe is well fixed.
 trephine is placed vertically over the cornea
 Excision of corneal button using corneoscleral scissor.
 Anterior chamber is filled with viscoelastic .
 Donor corneal tissue is gently grasped with fine
toothed forceps at the junction of epithelium and
stroma and transferred on to receipient bed
Suturing
 First four suture known as cardinal suture are most crucial in orienting the
graft evenly in bed.
 First suture placed at 12 o’clock followed by 6 o’ clock and then 3 o’clock
and 9 o’ clock
 Subsequent suturing consist of placement of 12 or more interrupted
suture,4 or 8 interrupted and running suture or double running suture with
removal of initial four suture
 10-0 NYLON suture should be used
 Each bite approximately 1mm long in the donor and 1.5mm long in
recipient site
 Suture ends are trimmed and knots are tied
 AC is deepened with BSS and wound margins checked for any leakage.
 Exposed knots are a well known source of irritation and giant papillary
conjunctivitis.
INTERRUPTED SUTURE
 Advantages :
In children
Visualized cornea
Cornea with uneven thickness
Cornea with localized area of inflammation
Less difficulty in placement or removal
Disadvantages :
more inflammation
more vascularization
CONTINUOUS SUTURE
 Advantages
less inflammation
Better wound healing
Even tension
Disadvantages
Difficult technique
Not removed selectively
POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
 Antibiotic should be given preoperatively,intraoperatively and
postoperatively to prevent wound contamination and to treat microbial
inoculation at the time of surgery
 0.5% moxifloxacin or 0.3% gatifloxacin given.
 Fortified eye drops given in penetrating keratoplasty when done for
uncontrolled infectious keratitis.
 Topical steroids(1% prednisolone acetate or 0.1% dexamethasone
phosphate are used to decrease the risk of immunological graft rejection.
 Immunosuppressant such as oral azathioprine and topical and systemic
ciclosporin are usually reserved for high risk patients.
 Cycloplegics
 Monitoring of IOP
 Removal of suture is performed when graft host junction has
healed.usually done after 12-18 months.
COMPLICATION
 INTRAOPERATIVE :
Poor anaesthesia and positive vitreous pressure
Improper trephination
Damaged donor button
Inversion of graft
Excessive bleeding
Cont..
Injury to iris – lens diaphragm
Loose or Tight suture
Shallow anterior chamber
Wound leak
Suprachoroidal haemorrhage
Lamellar
Keratoplasty
Anterior lamellar
Superficial ALK
(SALK)
Mid ALK(MALK) Deep ALK (DALK)
Posterior lamellar
Deep Lamellar
Endothelial
Keratoplasty
(DLEK)
Descemet’s
stripping Automated
endo thelial
keratoplasty
(DSAEK/DSEK)
Descemet’s
membrane endo
thelial keratoplasty
(DMEK)
PreDescemet’s
membrane endo
thelial keratoplasty
(PDEK)
ANTERIOR LAMELLAR
KERATOPLASTY
 Removal and replacement of deformed or
diseased anterior corneal tissue ( epithelium,
Bowman’s layer, and stroma)
 Sparing the host Descemet’s membrane and
endothelium
 Indications-
 Opacification of the superficial one-third of the
corneal stroma.
 Marginal corneal thinning or infiltration as in
recurrent pterygium, marginal degeneration
 Localized thinning or descemetocele formation
 Keratoconus
POSTERIOR LAMELLAR
KERATOPLASTY:
 Diseased corneal endothelium is replaced.
 Maintains structural integrity. Less Rejection
 It involves removal only of diseased endothelium along with Descemet’s
membrane, through a corneoscleral or corneal incision.
 Folded donor tissue is introduced through the same small (about 5 mm)
incision.
 Indications:
 Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy
 Endothelial dystrophy
COMPLICATIONS OF KP
 EARLY POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION
Shallow anterior chamber and wound leak
Wound dehiscence
Epithelial defect
Hypaema
Raised IOP and pupillary block glaucoma
Endophthalmitis
 LATE POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION
Graft rejection
Infectious crystalline keratopathy
Urrets-Zavalia syndrome
Corneal membrane
Fibrous ingrowth
Cataract
Astigmatism
Glaucoma
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KERATOPLASTY by arthur mohan and niko.pptx

  • 1.
  • 2.
    INTRODUCTION  Keratoplasty iscorneal transplant procedure in which diseased host corneal tissue is replaced by healthy donor cornea.  Keratoplasty is considered as the most frequently performed and the most successful organ transplantation technique worldwide.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    OPTICAL KP  Ahealthy, clear donor cornea is used to replace an opaque, cloudy, or distorted cornea in an attempt to improve vision  INDICATIONS:  Scar due to ulcer, trauma  Degenerations and dystrophies  Chemical injuries  Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy  Keratoconus  Congenital opacities
  • 6.
    THERAPEUTIC KP  Keratoplastythat is performed to remove infected corneal tissue that has failed medical treatment.  Not for only vision improvement  Viral, bacterial, and fungal corneal ulcer
  • 7.
    TECTONIC KP  Torestore structural integrity of the cornea  No emphasis is made here for optical outcome.  Tissue addition is made in areas of corneal thinning and restoration to near normal surface contour of the cornea is carried out.  Indications:  Descemetocele  Corneal perforation  Corneal stromal thinning  Post pterygium thinning
  • 8.
    COSMETIC KP  Toimprove the appearance of the patient  No bearing on the visual outcome.  This could also be done in a nonseeing eye.  An opaque cornea with a white or blue-gray hue may be disturbing to the patient, who may request PK.
  • 9.
    CONTRAINDICTIONS  Dry eye Blepharitis  Ectropion, entropion  Recurrent occular infection  Melting cornea due to connective tissue disorder  Herpetic infection  Uveitis  Uncontrolled glaucoma.
  • 10.
  • 11.
    DONOR CORNEA  Shouldbe removed within 6 hours of death  Donor eye retreival: Enucleation/ Corneal button  Donor cornea with normal endothelial cell density and morphology is suitable for transplantation regardless of age.  Stored in coordinating eye banks prior to transplantation
  • 12.
    STORAGE  To maintainliving viable state for the period between donation and transplantation.  Moist chamber storage : 24hrs of storage.  McCarey and Kaufman medium:
  • 13.
    CONTRAINDICATIONS  Death ofunknown cause  Infectious disease  Infections  Malignancy  Neurological disorder  Neurodegenerative  Corneal disorder and surgery  Prion disease  Intrinsic eye disease
  • 14.
    Pre operative  Goodgeneral and ophthalmic history  Careful examination of eyes and ocular adnexa  Visual acuity and slit lamp examination  IOP evaluation  Dilated ophthalmoscopy  Investigation : Refraction,Tear film status,pachymetry,specular microscopy,ultrasound biomicroscopy.
  • 15.
    ANAESTHESIA  Local orgeneral anesthesia  Local anesthesia-Peribulbar or retrobulbar anesthesia.  Long acting anesthetic agent like bupivacaine alone or combinations of bupivacaine with lidocaine should be used
  • 16.
    PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY  Transplantprocedure in which full thickness post corneal tissue is replaced with donor corneal tissue.  Preoperative preparation- preoperative antibiotics,IOP control,lens management
  • 17.
    INDICATION Keratoconus Failed graft Pseudophakic cornealedema Corneal scarring Aphakic corneal edema Herpes simplex keratopathy Trauma Infections Stromal dystrophies
  • 18.
    SURGICAL TECHNIQUE  Graftmaybe sutured with either interrupted or continuous suture technique or combination of both  Painting and draping  Insertion of lid speculum  Placement of scleral fixation ring
  • 19.
    Trephining of donorcornea  Should always precede that of host cornea  Measure the lesion size  Trephined with endothelial side facing up using sharp disposable blade in a guillotine punch block apparatus  Well cut, round donor button with perpendicular edges and little trauma to the endothelium  Donor button is usually about 0.25 mm larger in diameter then post site.either mechanically guided manual or automated trephination is used  Ideal size 7.5mm
  • 21.
    Trephining of recipientcornea  Globe is well fixed.  trephine is placed vertically over the cornea  Excision of corneal button using corneoscleral scissor.
  • 22.
     Anterior chamberis filled with viscoelastic .  Donor corneal tissue is gently grasped with fine toothed forceps at the junction of epithelium and stroma and transferred on to receipient bed
  • 23.
    Suturing  First foursuture known as cardinal suture are most crucial in orienting the graft evenly in bed.  First suture placed at 12 o’clock followed by 6 o’ clock and then 3 o’clock and 9 o’ clock  Subsequent suturing consist of placement of 12 or more interrupted suture,4 or 8 interrupted and running suture or double running suture with removal of initial four suture  10-0 NYLON suture should be used  Each bite approximately 1mm long in the donor and 1.5mm long in recipient site
  • 24.
     Suture endsare trimmed and knots are tied  AC is deepened with BSS and wound margins checked for any leakage.  Exposed knots are a well known source of irritation and giant papillary conjunctivitis.
  • 25.
    INTERRUPTED SUTURE  Advantages: In children Visualized cornea Cornea with uneven thickness Cornea with localized area of inflammation Less difficulty in placement or removal Disadvantages : more inflammation more vascularization
  • 26.
    CONTINUOUS SUTURE  Advantages lessinflammation Better wound healing Even tension Disadvantages Difficult technique Not removed selectively
  • 28.
    POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT  Antibioticshould be given preoperatively,intraoperatively and postoperatively to prevent wound contamination and to treat microbial inoculation at the time of surgery  0.5% moxifloxacin or 0.3% gatifloxacin given.  Fortified eye drops given in penetrating keratoplasty when done for uncontrolled infectious keratitis.  Topical steroids(1% prednisolone acetate or 0.1% dexamethasone phosphate are used to decrease the risk of immunological graft rejection.
  • 29.
     Immunosuppressant suchas oral azathioprine and topical and systemic ciclosporin are usually reserved for high risk patients.  Cycloplegics  Monitoring of IOP  Removal of suture is performed when graft host junction has healed.usually done after 12-18 months.
  • 30.
    COMPLICATION  INTRAOPERATIVE : Pooranaesthesia and positive vitreous pressure Improper trephination Damaged donor button Inversion of graft Excessive bleeding
  • 31.
    Cont.. Injury to iris– lens diaphragm Loose or Tight suture Shallow anterior chamber Wound leak Suprachoroidal haemorrhage
  • 32.
    Lamellar Keratoplasty Anterior lamellar Superficial ALK (SALK) MidALK(MALK) Deep ALK (DALK) Posterior lamellar Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty (DLEK) Descemet’s stripping Automated endo thelial keratoplasty (DSAEK/DSEK) Descemet’s membrane endo thelial keratoplasty (DMEK) PreDescemet’s membrane endo thelial keratoplasty (PDEK)
  • 34.
    ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY  Removaland replacement of deformed or diseased anterior corneal tissue ( epithelium, Bowman’s layer, and stroma)  Sparing the host Descemet’s membrane and endothelium  Indications-  Opacification of the superficial one-third of the corneal stroma.  Marginal corneal thinning or infiltration as in recurrent pterygium, marginal degeneration  Localized thinning or descemetocele formation  Keratoconus
  • 35.
    POSTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY:  Diseasedcorneal endothelium is replaced.  Maintains structural integrity. Less Rejection  It involves removal only of diseased endothelium along with Descemet’s membrane, through a corneoscleral or corneal incision.  Folded donor tissue is introduced through the same small (about 5 mm) incision.  Indications:  Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy  Endothelial dystrophy
  • 37.
    COMPLICATIONS OF KP EARLY POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION Shallow anterior chamber and wound leak Wound dehiscence Epithelial defect Hypaema Raised IOP and pupillary block glaucoma Endophthalmitis
  • 38.
     LATE POSTOPERATIVECOMPLICATION Graft rejection Infectious crystalline keratopathy Urrets-Zavalia syndrome Corneal membrane Fibrous ingrowth Cataract Astigmatism Glaucoma