Bilateral posterior lamellar corneal transplant surgery in an infant of 17 weeks old: Surgical challenges and the added value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the surgical challenges, management, and value of intraoperative optical coherence tomography in a case of a bilateral Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty corneal transplantation at 17 weeks of age for the treatment of severe posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy resulting from a de novo mutation of the OVOL2-gene.

Keywords: Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty; OVOL2 gene; intraoperative optical coherence tomography; juvenile corneal transplant; posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy.