Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis

Majid Moshirfar1, Marcus C Neuffer1, Krista Kinard1, Monette T Lependu1, Shameema Sikder21John A Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 2Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAAbstract: We describe a technique for femtosecond laser-assisted preparat...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7bec489cf2034d978aa1c197ba8ced1d2021-12-02T00:40:23ZFemtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/7bec489cf2034d978aa1c197ba8ced1d2011-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/femtosecond-assisted-preparation-of-donor-tissue-for-boston-type-1-ker-a7939https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Majid Moshirfar1, Marcus C Neuffer1, Krista Kinard1, Monette T Lependu1, Shameema Sikder21John A Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 2Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAAbstract: We describe a technique for femtosecond laser-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis to provide accurate double punching of the donor tissue for optimized alignment in the visual axis. The technique was reproducibly performed in four donor corneas mounted in an artificial anterior chamber. This technique can provide optically centered donor tissue with smooth trephinated edges.Keywords: keratoplasty, femtosecond laser, cornea, laser-trephinated tissueMoshirfar MNeuffer MCKinard KLependu MTSikder SDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 1017-1020 (2011)
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Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
description Majid Moshirfar1, Marcus C Neuffer1, Krista Kinard1, Monette T Lependu1, Shameema Sikder21John A Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 2Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAAbstract: We describe a technique for femtosecond laser-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis to provide accurate double punching of the donor tissue for optimized alignment in the visual axis. The technique was reproducibly performed in four donor corneas mounted in an artificial anterior chamber. This technique can provide optically centered donor tissue with smooth trephinated edges.Keywords: keratoplasty, femtosecond laser, cornea, laser-trephinated tissue
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author Moshirfar M
Neuffer MC
Kinard K
Lependu MT
Sikder S
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title Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
title_short Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
title_full Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
title_fullStr Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
title_full_unstemmed Femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
title_sort femtosecond-assisted preparation of donor tissue for boston type 1 keratoprosthesis
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2011
url https://doaj.org/article/7bec489cf2034d978aa1c197ba8ced1d
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