Case history: A 70 year old male patient who had a complicated ocular history,presented with a painful red eye and watering(right eye) for 1 month duration and a vision of HM in the right eye.There was a history of multiple corneal transplant failures in the same eye.After a thorough systemic and ocular examination ,he underwent a successful Boston type I KPro(keratoprosthesis) implantation where a PMMA(polymethyl methacrylate) optic and back plate around a corneal graft was secured with a Titanium locking ring. Partial-thickness trephination was performed on the host cornea. Full-thickness resection of the patient’s cornea was then completed and keratoprosthesis secured to host tissue using interrupted sutures.
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