Clinical outcome after air-assisted manual deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for fungal keratitis poorly responsive to medical treatment

摘要

PurposeFungal keratitis remains an important disorder because of difficulty in its diagnosis, and some patients do not respond to medical treatment using antifungal local and systemic agents. This study was carried out to determine the therapeutic value of air-assisted manual therapeutic deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (TDALK) in the treatment of fungal keratitis not curable by antifungal chemotherapy.