Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe the technique and a case report of femtosecond-assisted anterior lamellar corneal staining-tattooing in a blind eye with leukocoria. METHODS: An anterior lamellar corneal free flap (thickness: 120 μm, diameter: 7.0 mm) was created using femtosecond laser (IntraLase-AMO, Irvine, CA). The free flap was removed and immersed in a commercially available black tattoo pigment. After 9 minutes of flap incubation with the tattoo pigment solution, the flap was continuously irrigated for 3 minutes with balanced salt solution (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX) until all the excessive pigment was removed. The flap was repositioned on the residual corneal bed, and a bandage contact lens was placed. RESULTS: There were no intraoperative or postoperative adverse events seen by the 6-month follow-up, although an excellent cosmetic result was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: The technique of FALT is simple and efficient for treating cosmetically blind eyes with leukocoria and may overcome the limitations of previously reported techniques. The long-term safety of the commercially available corneal tattoo dyes should be studied further.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 211-213 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Cornea |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2009 |
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Keywords
- Corneal staining
- Femtosecond
- Leukocoria
- Tattoo
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
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Femtosecond-assisted anterior lamellar corneal staining-tattooing in a blind eye with leukocoria. / Kymionis, George D.; Ide, Takeshi; Galor, Anat; Yoo, Sonia H.
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T1 - Femtosecond-assisted anterior lamellar corneal staining-tattooing in a blind eye with leukocoria
AU - Kymionis, George D.
AU - Ide, Takeshi
AU - Galor, Anat
AU - Yoo, Sonia H
PY - 2009/2/1
Y1 - 2009/2/1
N2 - PURPOSE: To describe the technique and a case report of femtosecond-assisted anterior lamellar corneal staining-tattooing in a blind eye with leukocoria. METHODS: An anterior lamellar corneal free flap (thickness: 120 μm, diameter: 7.0 mm) was created using femtosecond laser (IntraLase-AMO, Irvine, CA). The free flap was removed and immersed in a commercially available black tattoo pigment. After 9 minutes of flap incubation with the tattoo pigment solution, the flap was continuously irrigated for 3 minutes with balanced salt solution (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX) until all the excessive pigment was removed. The flap was repositioned on the residual corneal bed, and a bandage contact lens was placed. RESULTS: There were no intraoperative or postoperative adverse events seen by the 6-month follow-up, although an excellent cosmetic result was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: The technique of FALT is simple and efficient for treating cosmetically blind eyes with leukocoria and may overcome the limitations of previously reported techniques. The long-term safety of the commercially available corneal tattoo dyes should be studied further.
AB - PURPOSE: To describe the technique and a case report of femtosecond-assisted anterior lamellar corneal staining-tattooing in a blind eye with leukocoria. METHODS: An anterior lamellar corneal free flap (thickness: 120 μm, diameter: 7.0 mm) was created using femtosecond laser (IntraLase-AMO, Irvine, CA). The free flap was removed and immersed in a commercially available black tattoo pigment. After 9 minutes of flap incubation with the tattoo pigment solution, the flap was continuously irrigated for 3 minutes with balanced salt solution (Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX) until all the excessive pigment was removed. The flap was repositioned on the residual corneal bed, and a bandage contact lens was placed. RESULTS: There were no intraoperative or postoperative adverse events seen by the 6-month follow-up, although an excellent cosmetic result was achieved. CONCLUSIONS: The technique of FALT is simple and efficient for treating cosmetically blind eyes with leukocoria and may overcome the limitations of previously reported techniques. The long-term safety of the commercially available corneal tattoo dyes should be studied further.
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