LONG TERM RESULTS OF KERATOPLASTY

Abstract

ln this study the authors present their experience of the op. treatment of the keratoconus with the keratoplasty in the Ophthalmology Clinic of the University Sent Cyril and Methody in Skopje in the period of 1973-1993.They confirm that the keratoplasty-partial thickness (lamellar) preserving the Descemet's membrane of the recipient cornea. The authors used op. technique which is preserving the integrity of the camera anterior i.e. the surgery of the close eye. After the treatment of the keratoconus with the partial thickness (lamellar) they succeed in satisfying anatomically and functional results.