PMC9128431_01
Intraoperative photographs. (a) Left eye. Bullous keratopathy. (b) Anterior chamber intraocular lens explantation after trephination. (c) Eckardt temporary keratoprosthesis. (d) Iris retractors. (e) Dislocated nucleus levitation. (f) Nucleus expression
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Iris retractors were needed for pupil dilation. 23-gauge PPV was performed, with nucleus levitation and expression through an anterior opening, by releasing one of the sutures of the keratoprosthesis [Figure 1a-f].
Intraoperative photographs. (a) Right eye. Transparent cornea trephination. (b) Opaque cornea transplantation. (c) Left eye. Angled sclerotomy 2 mm from the limbus with a 27-gauge needle, followed by open-sky intraocular lens haptic threading into the lumen of the needle. (d) After penetrating keratoplasty, cauterization of the externalized haptics to make flanges. (e) Flanges pushed back and fixed into the scleral tunnels. (f) Slit-lamp biomicroscopy. 7-day postoperative showing a clear graft in the left eye
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One week after the surgical procedure, the left eye presented a transparent graft [Figure 2a-f].