| Past Issue | Volume 9 Number 6 December 2007 | | Interocular Autologous Sclerocorneal Transplantation from a Phthisical to a Perforated Globe |
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Manish Gupta,1 Brian Fleck,2 Bal Dhillon2
1Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, and 2Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, UK
This report is of a 60-year-old woman with globe perforation at the site of staphyloma following minor blunt trauma to the left eye with her thumb. The globe perforation was repaired with autologous sclerocorneal and conjunctival tissue harvested from the fellow phthisical blind eye. Postoperatively, she was treated with topical and oral antibiotics and steroids. Her visual acuity returned to 6/18 — her best-corrected vision. Tectonic scleral graft was later performed as a planned procedure.
Key words: Eye, Rupture, Transplantation, autologous
Asian J Ophthalmol. 2007;9:261-263.
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