Key Points The etiology of postoperative corneal edema is broad. Thorough preoperative evaluation can help elicit patients at higher risk for postoperative corneal edema. Corneal edema can lead to acute and chronic changes in visual acuity and to eye pain.…
Key Concepts Of the approximately 50,000 corneal transplants performed annually in the United States, corneal allograft rejection is still the leading cause of corneal graft failure. Young age, pre- or postoperative vascularization, preoperative inflammation, and iris synechiae to the graft-host…
Key Concepts Developmental abnormalities of the cornea can occur as isolated defects or in association with other ocular or systemic anomalies. Megalocornea must be distinguished from buphthalmos due to congenital glaucoma, in which other features such as elevated intraocular pressure,…