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KPro retention failure rate influenced by surgical indication
CHICAGO — Patients whose indication for implantation of a Boston Type 1 keratoprosthesis was Stevens Johnson syndrome had a higher retention failure rate than other patients implanted with the device for other reasons, according to study results presented here. At Cornea Subspecialty Day preceding the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Anthony J. Aldave, MD, reported his experience with the device in a retrospective, single surgeon consecutive case series.