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Preoperative clinical picture of the left eye.
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He had undergone limbal stem cell transplantations and PKs 4 times on his right eye and once on his left eye which were unsuccessful due to severe dry eye [Figure 1].
Modified native Pintucci-type KPro.
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Figure 2 depicts the schematic design of the KPro.
(a) Oral mucus membrane graft over the cornea and conjunctiva, (b) KPro under the lower lid skin.
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Afterwards, a linear incision was made through the lower lid and orbicularis oculi muscle of the opposite eye, and the sterile KPro was placed under the muscle [Figure 3].
(a) The KPro implant one month after surgery, (b) The KPro implant three months after surgery.
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Funduscopy revealed pale optic disc with near total cup/disc ratio [Figure 4].