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Surgical techniques vary for adult and pediatric Boston KPro
When conventional full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty or corneal transplantation has a high risk for graft failure, an artificial cornea may be the alternative choice in an attempt to visually rehabilitate the patient. An artificial cornea may be considered in patients with one or more failed penetrating keratoplasties. Other considerations include vision worse than 20/200 in the involved eye with contralateral compromised vision without end-stage glaucoma or retinal detachment. Based on the WHO’s 2010 global blindness data, it has been estimated that bilateral corneal blindness