VIENNA — Corneal regeneration was the topic of this year’s Binkhorst Medal Lecture at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
“We have to be aware that corneal transplantation, great as it may be, is not acceptable in terms of outcomes,” Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, said.
He mentioned the high failure rates at 5 years, up to 33% with deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, 44% with Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty and 45% with penetrating keratoplasty. Failure after re-grafting is also a global problem, ranging between 34% and