Table A1.
Methods | Type of study: Interventional study Study design: Retrospective case series |
Participants | Country: Mexico Number of individuals with keratoconus: 2 Number of eyes: 2 Subgroups: preoperative, 1 month postoperative, 3 months postoperative Inclusion criteria: stage IV keratoconus (Amsler–Krumeich classification), contact lens/scleral lens intolerance, informed consent Exclusion criteria: - |
Interventions | Donor tissue: donor cornea on artificial chamber (K20-215 Barron), epithelial removal, superficial incision, trypan bleu, Bowman layer peeling, saline solution Surgical technique: stromal pocket (femtosecond laser), dissection (SMILE spatula), Bowman layer over surgical glide, graft insertion into stromal pocket, centering Bowman layer (SMILE spatula) |
Outcomes | UDVA (Snellen), CDVA (Snellen), CL tolerance, VA with CL (Snellen), K1 (D), K2 (D), CCT (μm), TCT (μm), complications, success rate, contact lens tolerance |