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Infant Keratoplasty

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Penetrating keratoplasty in infants is a very challenging management problem. Particular attention to patient selection, surgical technique, and postoperative management is required. The aim of surgery is to clear the visual axis and thereby promote functional visual development. However, visual outcomes may be poor despite a clear corneal graft secondary to associated ocular and systemic abnormalities as well as amblyopia. Early and aggressive optical correction and amblyopia therapy is therefore critical as is the prevention and management of postoperative complications.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, East Wing 6E 401, M5T 2S8, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Peter Kim MBBS (Hons), FRANZCO

  2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst Street, East Wing 6E 401, M5T 2S8, Toronto, ON, Canada

    David S. Rootman M.D., FRCSC

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Kim, P., Rootman, D.S. (2013). Infant Keratoplasty. In: Reinhard, T., Larkin, F. (eds) Corneal Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28747-3_7

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