TY - JOUR
T1 - Bowman's Layer in Penetrating Keratoplasties of the Human Eye
AU - Morrison, John C.
AU - Swan, Kenneth C.
PY - 1982/11
Y1 - 1982/11
N2 - Light microscopy disclosed ten examples of Bowman's layer incarcerations into the stromal wound in nine of 23 penetrating keratoplasty globes obtained either after death or by enucleation. Two cases involved separation of Bowman's layer from the underlying stroma. In the others, this layer remained attached to its stroma, and incarceration resulted from either fragmentation or malapposition of wound edges. Six of the incarcerations produced wound defects, and, of these, three were associated with epithelial growth into the wound. These properties of Bowman's layer must be considered in the repair of corneal lacerations as well as in the performance of penetrating keratoplasties and epikeratophakia.
AB - Light microscopy disclosed ten examples of Bowman's layer incarcerations into the stromal wound in nine of 23 penetrating keratoplasty globes obtained either after death or by enucleation. Two cases involved separation of Bowman's layer from the underlying stroma. In the others, this layer remained attached to its stroma, and incarceration resulted from either fragmentation or malapposition of wound edges. Six of the incarcerations produced wound defects, and, of these, three were associated with epithelial growth into the wound. These properties of Bowman's layer must be considered in the repair of corneal lacerations as well as in the performance of penetrating keratoplasties and epikeratophakia.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030040815023
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030040815023
M3 - Article
C2 - 6753806
AN - SCOPUS:0019987475
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 100
SP - 1835
EP - 1838
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 11
ER -