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Penetrating keratoplasty :Loose suture

Penetrating keratoplasty :Loose suture
A case of penetrating keratoplasty. Loose suture will collect debris , causes edema of graft. This will invites vessels to invade the graft and graft rejection will follow. So loose sutures must be removed.
Abdelshafik, Adel, Prof. Dr. med., Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Z94.7
Cornea -> Surgical Procedures and Postoperative Findings -> Complications
Cornea , keratoplasty, complications, loose suture
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