Minimally invasive, indirect corneal neurotization using an ipsilateral sural nerve graft for early neurotrophic keratopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Neurotrophic keratopathy is a degenerative disease characterized by damage to the corneal nerves leading to corneal hypoesthesia and anaesthesia. The resultant progressive visual deterioration is refractory to existing conventional treatment options. Corneal neurotization is a novel and effective surgical procedure that directly targets the underlying pathology of nerve loss by stimulating new corneal nerve growth. This study reports the outcomes and the pre- and postoperative in vivo confocal microscopy findings of the first published Australian case of indirect, minimally invasive, corneal neurotization using an ipsilateral sural nerve autograft.

Observations

An 11-year-old boy developed corneal hypoesthesia in the left eye following surgical debulking of a cerebel

SUBMITTER: Lee BWH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156881 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature